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　　Spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas

shape the conduct of warfare Drawing on examples from Europe, the

Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn

challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant

influence on combat from ancient times to the present. In battle,

ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. Carl

von Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more

basically, war is culture. The hard reality of armed conflict is

formed by - and, in turn, forms - a culture's values, assumptions,

and expectations about fighting. The author examines the

relationship between the real and the ideal, arguing that feedback

between the two follows certain discernible paths. Battle rejects

the currently fashionable notion of a 'Western way of warfare' and

replaces it with more nuanced concepts of varied and evolving

cultural patterns of combat. After considering history, Lynn

finally asks how the knowledge gained might illuminate our

understanding of the war on terrorism. The book includes a new

Epilogue by the author.

Acknowledgments

Preface: Requiem for the Universal Soldier

Written in Blood: The Classical Greek Drama of

Battle and the Western Way of War

Subtleties of Violence: Ancient Chinese

and Indian Texts on Warfare

Chivalry and Chevauchde: The Ideal, the Real,

and the Perfect in Medieval European Warfare

Linear Warfare: Images and Ideals of Combat in the

Age of Enlightenment

Victories of the Conquered: The Native Character

of the Sepoy

The Sun of Austerlitz: Romantic Visions of

Decisive Battle in Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Merciless Fight: Race and Military Culture

in the Pacific War

Crossing the Canal: Egyptian Effectiveness

and Military Culture in the October War

Epilogue: Terrorism: Forming a New Military Discourse on War

Appendix: The Discourse and the Reality of War:

A Cultural Model

Notes

Index

　　John A. Lynn, an expert on 17th and 18th century warfare, is a

professor of history at the University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign and an adjunct professor at Ohio State University.

He is the author of Giant of the Grand Siecle and The Wars of Louis

XIV.

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Battle: A History of Combat and Culture spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. Drawing its examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present day. In battle, ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. Carl von Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more basically, war is culture. The hard reality of armed conflict is formed by - and, in turn, forms - a culture's values, assumptions, and expectations about fighting. The author examines the relationship between the real and the ideal, arguing that feedback between the two follows certain discernable paths. Battle rejects the currently fashionable notion of a "Western way of warfare" and replaces it with more nuanced concepts of varied and evolving cultural patterns of combat. After considering history, Lynn finally asks how the knowledge gained might illuminate our understanding of the war on terrorism.