Author:
Lewis, John, 1955-2012.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Description354 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Victory and the moral will to fight -- "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC -- "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC -- "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC -- "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275 -- "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the American South, AD 1864-1865 -- "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939 -- "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945 -- The lessons of the victories.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
