War Wisdom

A Cross-Cultural Sampling

Christian P. Potholm (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2015
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6614-5 (ISBN)

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War Wisdom looks at the way societies and cultures throughout history have viewed warfare and contrary to many assumptions about warfare, the author finds a dozen key themes which are duplicated across time, space, countries and peoples. Students of military history will find these themes both surprising and illuminating.

War Wisdom: A Cross Cultural Sampling is a unique combination of directory and analysis. It provides a relevant “universe” of quotations, together with their authors, about war from various ages and across a large number of societies including those found in China, Japan, Persia, Mongolia, Europe, and America (both North and South), as well as Native American nations and Africa. A lengthy introductory essay presents and analyzes a dozen relevant themes found throughout those cultures, themes which show a pattern of very widespread, if not universal, appeal. Of particular relevance is the author’s engagement with the conflicting wisdom pertaining to war found within the same society as well as common themes appearing across cultures, societies, and time frames.

Christian Potholm is a DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government at Bowdoin College. He has taught courses on war and international relations for over 40 years. His previous works on warfare include: Winning at War: 7 Keys to Military Victory Throughout History, Strategy and Conflict and Liberation and Exploitation.

Preface
Part I: Thematic Constructs in the Literature of War Wisdom
Thematic Constructs
Cluster I: War Values
Cluster II: God and War
Cluster III: The Sadness and Bonding of War
Cluster IV: Knowing and Preventing War
Cluster V: A Most Powerful Force Field
Part II: In the Universe of War Wisdom
Authors
A/B/C
D/E/F
G/H/I
J/K/L
M/N/O
P/Q/R
S/T/U
V/W/X
Y/Z

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7618-6614-0 / 0761866140
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-6614-5 / 9780761866145
Zustand	Neuware