Enduring Battle (Hardcover)

Christopher H. Hamner

13 évaluations par Goodreads

Langue : anglais

Edité par University Press of Kansas, Kansas, 2011

0700617752 / 9780700617753

Série : Livre 88 sur 183 - Modern War Studies

Vendeur : AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, AustralieAussieBookSeller

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 22 juin 2007

Afficher les articles de ce vendeur
Livre relié

Etat: Neuf

EUR 101,98

EUR 32,07 expédition 
Expédition depuis Australie vers Etats-Unis

Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)

Ajouter au panier
Retours gratuits sous 30 jours

Item description from seller

Hardcover. Throughout history, battlefields have placed a soldiers instinct for self-preservation in direct opposition to the armys insistence that he do his duty and put himself in harms way. Enduring Battle looks beyond advances in weaponry to examine changes in warfare at the very personal level. Drawing on the combat experiences of American soldiers in three widely separated warsthe Revolution, the Civil War, and World War IIChristopher Hamner explores why soldiers fight in the face of terrifying lethal threats and how they manage to suppress their fears, stifle their instincts, and marshal the will to kill other humans. Hamner contrasts the experience of infantry combat on the ground in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when soldiers marched shoulder-to-shoulder in linear formations, with the experiences of dispersed infantrymen of the mid-twentieth century. Earlier battlefields prized soldiers who could behave as stoic automatons; the modern dispersed battlefield required soldiers who could act autonomously. As the range and power of weapons removed enemies from view, combat became increasingly depersonalized, and soldiers became more isolated from their comrades and even imagined that the enemy was targeting them personally. Whats more, battles lengthened so that exchanges of fire that lasted an hour during the Revolutionary War became round-the-clock by World War II. The books coverage of training and leadership explores the ways in which military systems have attempted to deal with the problem of soldiers fear in battle and contrasts leadership in the linear and dispersed tactical systems. Chapters on weapons and comradeship then discuss soldiers experiences in battle and the relationships that informed and shaped those experiences. Hamner highlights the ways in which the band of brothers phenomenon functioned differently in the three wars and shows that training, conditioning, leadership, and other factors affect behavior much more than political ideology. He also shows how techniques to motivate soldiers evolved, from the linear systems penalties for not fighting to modern efforts to convince soldiers that participation in combat would actually maximize their own chances for survival. Examining why soldiers continue to fight when their strong instinct is to flee, Enduring Battle challenges long-standing notions that high ideals and small unit bonds provide sufficient explanation for their behavior. Offering an innovative way to analyze the factors that enable soldiers to face the prospect of death or debilitating wounds, it expands our understanding of the evolving nature of warfare and its warriors. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780700617753

Titre
Enduring Battle (Hardcover)
Auteur
Christopher H. Hamner
Éditeur
University Press of Kansas, Kansas
Année de publication
2011
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0700617752
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780700617753
Série
Livre 88 sur 183: Modern War Studies

AussieBookSeller

Truganina, VIC, Australie

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 22 juin 2007

Frais d'expédition de Australie vers Etats-Unis

Article25 à 45 jours ouvrés8 à 14 jours ouvrés
Premier articleEUR 32,07EUR 38,14
Les délais de livraison sont fixés par les vendeurs et varient en fonction du transporteur et du lieu. Les commandes transitant par les douanes peuvent être retardées et les acheteurs sont responsables de tous les droits ou frais associés. Les vendeurs peuvent vous contacter au sujet de frais supplémentaires afin de couvrir toute augmentation des coûts d'expédition de vos articles.

Modes de paiement

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Profil professionnel du vendeur

The Nile Group Pty Ltd

42 Apex Drive
Truganina, VIC Australie 3029