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WAR IN WORDS
TRANSFORMATIONS OF WAR FROM ANTIQUITY TO CLAUSEWITZ |
| By: |
Marco Formisano (Editor), Hartmut Bohme (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£108.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3110245418 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783110245417 |
| Publisher: |
DE GRUYTER |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2011 |
| Series: |
Transformationen der Antike 19 |
| Pages: |
431 |
| Language: |
English, German |
| Description: |
Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of western culture. This title approaches the phenomenon of war from antiquity to Clausewitz from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. It focuses on the various texts, images, and their interaction. |
| Synopsis: |
Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of Western culture; seen from a historical perspective, it gives access to a broad array of tensions between various modelsof knowledge and differentkinds of tradition. The essays in this volume approach the phenomenon of war from antiquity to Clausewitz from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Particular attention is given to texts, images, and their interaction. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
| Illustrations: |
59 black & white illustrations, 59 schw.-w. Abb. |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Walter de Gruyter & Co |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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