Ancient warfare / / Harry Sidebottom
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| Autore: |
Sidebottom Harry
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| Titolo: |
Ancient warfare / / Harry Sidebottom
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 355.4/09/01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Military art and science - History - To 500 |
| Military history, Ancient | |
| Civilization, Western | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-150) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- 1 'At my signal unleash hell': the Western Way of War? -- 2 Thinking with war -- 3 War and society -- 4 Thinking about war -- 5 Strategy -- 6 Fighting -- 7 'People should know when they are conquered': the reinventions of the Western Way of War -- Further reading -- Chronology -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This book explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict. Many aspects of ancient warfare are examined from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ancient warfare |
| ISBN: | 1-4294-6987-0 |
| 1-280-75278-5 | |
| 0-19-151699-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825296803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Very short introductions ; ; 117.