The Western Way of War : Infantry Battle in Classical Greece

by: Hanson, V.D.

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The Western way of war : infantry battle in classical Greece
Author:Victor Davis Hanson

The Western Way of War draws from an extraordinary range of sources to describe what actually took place on the battlefield. It is the first study to explore the actual mechanics of classical Greek battle from the vantage point of the infantryman - the brutal spear-thrusting, the difficulty of fighting in heavy bronze armor that made it hard to see and hear as well as to move, and the fear." "This account of what happened on the killing fields of the ancient Greeks shows that their style of armament and battle was contrived to minimize time and loss of life by making the battle experience decisive and appalling. Linking this new style of fighting to the rise of constitutional government, Hanson raises new issues and questions old assumptions about the history of war.

Contents:
Ordinary things, ordinary people
A Western way of war
Not strategy, not tactics
The hoplite and his Phalanx: war in an agricultural society
Sources of inquiry
The burden of hoplite arms and armor
The old men
The dread of massed attack
A soldier's general
Unit spirit and morale: the origins of the regimental system
Drink
The charge
A collision of men
Tears and gaps
The push and collapse
Confusion, misdirection, and mob violence
The killing field
The wounded
Epilogue

Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1989

xxxii, 271 pages ; 23 cm

The Western Way of War : Infantry Battle in Classical Greece

by: Hanson, V.D.

• ISBN-13: 9780520219113 / 978-0-520-21911-3
• ISBN-03: 0520219112 / 0-520-21911-2
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 1989

Price: 29,00 EURO

1 copy in stock