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The Allure of Battle : a History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost by Nolan, Cathal J. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Marathon, Cannae, Tours, Agincourt, Austerlitz, Sedan, Stalingrad--all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But were they? As Cathal J. Nolan demonstrates in this magisterial and sweeping work, victory in major wars usually has been determined in other ways. Even the most legendarily
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nolan, Cathal J.
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199874651
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Military, History, Military History
- Rating
- 4.26 / 5 (31 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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