War in words : transformations of war from antiquity to Clausewitz / edited by Marco Formisano and Hartmut Böhme.
Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of Western culture; seen from a historical perspective, it gives access to a broad array of tensions between various models of knowledge and different kinds of tradition. The essays...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English German |
Published: |
Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter,
2010.
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Series: | Transformationen der Antike ;
Bd. 19. |
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Summary: | Although the paradoxical reality of warfare may elude definition, since antiquity war has been a constitutive element of Western culture; seen from a historical perspective, it gives access to a broad array of tensions between various models of knowledge and different kinds of tradition. The essays in this volume approach the phenomenon of war from antiquity to Clausewitz from the perspective of a variety of disciplines. Particular attention is given to texts, images, and their interaction. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 431 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9783110245424 3110245426 1283430002 9781283430005 3110245418 9783110245417 |
ISSN: | 1864-5208 ; |
Language: | Articles in English and German. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |