A sobering chronicle of war as well as a tribute to soldiers' perseverance in the face of its horrors that draws upon soldiers' memoirs, psychological studies, and oral histories to show that - regardless of the enemy, terrain, training, or weaponry - combat soldiers' wartime ex…
A sobering chronicle of war as well as a tribute to soldiers' perseverance in the face of its horrors that draws upon soldiers' memoirs, psychological studies, and oral histories to show that - regardless of the enemy, terrain, training, or weaponry - combat soldiers' wartime ex…
"Sword traces the roots of the South's belief in its own superiority and examines the ways in which that contributed to the war effort, even when it became clear that the South would not win."
"Sword traces the roots of the South's belief in its own superiority and examines the ways in which that contributed to the war effort, even when it became clear that the South would not win."
Nancy Sherman is a philosopher who has taught at the US Naval Academy and in this work, delves into the role of the stoic in the military, both ancient and contemporary.
"Here Nancy Sherman Delves Deeply into the Ancient Legacy of Stoicism and its relationship to the military. She explores what the Stoic philosophy actually is, the role it plays in the character of the military (both ancient and modern), and its powerful value as a philosophy of…
Nancy Sherman is a philosopher who has taught at the US Naval Academy and in this work, delves into the role of the stoic in the military, both ancient and contemporary.
"More than two thousand years ago the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu advised us to know our enemies. The question has always been how. In A Sense of the Enemy, the historian Zachary Shore demonstrates that leaders can best understand an opponent not simply from his pattern of past b…
