Nothing Less Than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History
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- ISBN 9780691135182 / 0691135185
- Title Nothing Less Than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History
- Author John David Lewis
- Category Military History
Warfare & Defence - Format Hardcover
- Year 2010
- Pages 354
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Language English
- Dimensions 168mm x 28mm x 241mm
The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. This title shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate.
Decisive Wars the Lessons of History. .
Review
Lewis' analysis of war as a psychological struggle and 'clash of moral purposes' is lucid and forceful; it's especially telling in his incisive account of Sherman's march through Georgia, and especially provocative in his defense of the atomic bombings of Japan. Publishers Weekly
John David Lewis is visiting associate professor of philosophy, politics, and economics at Duke University, and senior research scholar in history and classics at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of “Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens and Early Greek Lawgivers”.
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