The verdict of battle [electronic resource] : the law of victory and the making of modern war / James Q. Whitman.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.Description: 323 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 172/.42 23
LOC classification:
  • U22 .W55 2012eb
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Contents:
Why battles matter -- Accepting the wager of battle -- Laying just claim to the profits of war -- The monarchical monopolization of military violence -- Were there really rules? -- The death of pitched battle.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why battles matter -- Accepting the wager of battle -- Laying just claim to the profits of war -- The monarchical monopolization of military violence -- Were there really rules? -- The death of pitched battle.

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