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Author Lewis, John, 1955-2012.

Title Nothing less than victory : decisive wars and the lessons of history / John David Lewis.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  355.02 LEWIS    Check Shelf
Description 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject War -- Termination -- History.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History.
Peace -- History.
ISBN 9780691135182 hardcover alkaline paper
0691135185 hardcover alkaline paper
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