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Barbarians and brothers [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / / Wayne E. Lee



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Autore: Lee Wayne E. <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Barbarians and brothers [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / / Wayne E. Lee Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina: 355.020941/0903
Soggetto topico: Escalation (Military science)
Limited war
Violence
War (Philosophy)
War and society - Great Britain - History
War and society - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History, Military 1485-1603
Great Britain History, Military 1603-1714
United States History, Military To 1900
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON STYLE; INTRODUCTION; PART I: BARBARIANS AND SUBJECTS: THE PERFECT STORM OF WARTIME VIOLENCE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND; PART II: COMPETING FOR THE PEOPLE: CODES, MILITARY CULTURE, AND CLUBMEN IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR; PART III: PEACE CHIEFS AND BLOOD REVENGE: NATIVE AMERICAN WARFARE; PART IV: GENTILITY AND ATROCITY: THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; Conclusion: Limited War and Hard War in the American Civil War; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers. In this work, Wayne E. Lee presents a searching exploration of early modern English and American warfare, looking at the sixteenth-century wars in Ireland, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo-Indian wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Crucial to the level of violence in each of these conflicts was the perception of the enemy as either a brother (a fellow countryman) o
Titolo autorizzato: Barbarians and brothers  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-04645-8
9786613046451
0-19-983063-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460084403321
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