The Pursuit of Victory: From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein
Brian Bonden Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mar 1998
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780198207351
ISBN-10: 0198207352
Pagini: 250
Ilustrații: 16 pp plates, maps
Dimensiuni: 158 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198207352
Pagini: 250
Ilustrații: 16 pp plates, maps
Dimensiuni: 158 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
I have always enjoyed Brian Bond's commonsensical approach to military history, and as a result have learnt a great deal from him. I hope other readers of this journal will benefit similarly.
Professor Bond is a sure-footed guide to the mass of literature on this broad topic which has appeared in the recent past. He moves his story along at a fast clip as the focus shifts from battles to campaigns and from operations to grand strategy ... this book concisely conveys a good deal of the substance of much of the military history of the last decade, along with a commentary which is always well founded and thought-provoking. It is a book to put confidently into the hands of anyone, whether undergraduate or layperson, whom one wishes to persuade of the merits of modern military history.
This is a thought-provoking book. As the various chapters are read, a coherent and persuasive argument emerges ... First, it is an extremely valuable overview of warfare since the mid-eighteenth century, essential to the reader who wishes to gain insights into how conflict has changed during that time. Second, it presents a well researched and resourced theme on the changing nature of 'victory', introducing the reader to complex arguments in a straightforward way. It is those arguments that make us think, and that should always be the aim of a scholarly work. When, in addition, the book is well produced, with good illustrations and clear maps ... it is a work to be recommended to specialist and general readers alike.
Professor Bond is a sure-footed guide to the mass of literature on this broad topic which has appeared in the recent past. He moves his story along at a fast clip as the focus shifts from battles to campaigns and from operations to grand strategy ... this book concisely conveys a good deal of the substance of much of the military history of the last decade, along with a commentary which is always well founded and thought-provoking. It is a book to put confidently into the hands of anyone, whether undergraduate or layperson, whom one wishes to persuade of the merits of modern military history.
This is a thought-provoking book. As the various chapters are read, a coherent and persuasive argument emerges ... First, it is an extremely valuable overview of warfare since the mid-eighteenth century, essential to the reader who wishes to gain insights into how conflict has changed during that time. Second, it presents a well researched and resourced theme on the changing nature of 'victory', introducing the reader to complex arguments in a straightforward way. It is those arguments that make us think, and that should always be the aim of a scholarly work. When, in addition, the book is well produced, with good illustrations and clear maps ... it is a work to be recommended to specialist and general readers alike.
Notă biografică
Professor of Military History at King's College, London, Brian Bond is the editor of The First World War and British Military History, (1991, OUP) and a contributor to The Oxford Illustrated History of The British Army, (1994)