Nothing less than victory
Subtitle: decisive wars and the lessons of history
By: John David Lewis.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691135182
Subjects: War -- Termination -- History; War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History; Peace -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC; title: "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC; title: "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC; title: "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275; title: "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the South, AD 1864-1865; title: "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939; title: "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945; title: Conclusion: the lessons of the victories.