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Lewis, John, 1955-
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War -- Termination -- History.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History.
Peace -- History.
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Nothing less than vi...
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Nothing less than victory : decisive wars and the lessons of history / John David Lewis.
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Lewis, John, 1955-
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.
Subjects
War -- Termination -- History.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History.
Peace -- History.
ISBN:
9780691135182 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
0691135185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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354 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Victory and the moral will to fight -- "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC -- "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC -- "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC -- "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275 -- "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the American South, AD 1864-1865 -- "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939 -- "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945 -- The lessons of the victories.
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