Acts of War: Behavior of Men in Battle
by Richard Holmes
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Examines the comradeship, isolation, terror, and excitement of war and its psychological effects on men. Based on verbal and written accounts of soldiers over the past 200 years.Tags
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Whew! This tome was a long, boooorrring read. There were occasional interesting tidbits and noteworthy passages, but this book is more of a reference than a "sit down and read" book. Recommended only for those that are really, REALLY interested in an analytical, non-emotional account of how human beings act in a wartime environment.
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Richard Holmes is Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science.
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 303.66 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social processes Conflict and conflict resolution ; Violence War and peace
- LCC
- U21.2 .H625 — Military Science Military science (General) War. Philosophy. Military sociology
- BISAC
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- Languages
- Czech, English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 4
