How Fighting Ends
Title | How Fighting Ends PDF eBook |
Author | Holger Afflerbach |
Publisher | Oxford University Press on Demand |
Pages | 494 |
Release | 2012-07-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199693625 |
The history of surrender is one of the most neglected in the history of war, and yet it is vital to understanding not only how wars end but also how they are contained. This is a book with a chronological sweep that runs from the Stone Age to the present day, written by a team of truly distinguished scholars.
Fighting to the End
Title | Fighting to the End PDF eBook |
Author | C. Christine Fair |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199892709 |
The Pakistan Army is poised for perpetual conflict with India which it cannot win militarily or politically. What explains Pakistan's persistent revisionism despite increasing costs and decreasing likelihood of success? This book argues that an understanding of the army's strategic culture explains its willingness to fight to the end
How Wars End
Title | How Wars End PDF eBook |
Author | Gideon Rose |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2011-12-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1416590552 |
The first comprehensive treatment of how the United States has handled the final stages of its conflicts-from World War I to Iraq-spoiled repeatedly by leaders' failures to plan clearly for what to do when the guns fall silent. Concerned with not repeating past errors, our leaders miscalculate and prolong the conflict or invite unwelcome results. In his penetrating analysis of past, present, and future wars, Rose suggests how to break this cycle.
How Fighting Ends
Title | How Fighting Ends PDF eBook |
Author | Hew Strachan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Capitulations, Military |
ISBN | 9780191741258 |
"Readership Scholars and students of international relations, especially those interested in military history, and strategic studies Short Description The history of surrender is one of the most neglected in the history of war, and yet it is vital to understanding not only how wars end but also how they are contained. This is a book with a chronological sweep that runs from the Stone Age to the present day, written by a team of truly distinguished scholars"--
Ends of War
Title | Ends of War PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline E. Janney |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2021-09-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469663384 |
The Army of Northern Virginia's chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confederates had pushed west at a relentless pace for nearly a week, thousands of wounded and exhausted men fell out of the ranks. When word spread that Lee planned to surrender, most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing them to return home, even as they lamented the loss of their country and cause. But others broke south and west, hoping to continue the fight. Fearing a guerrilla war, Grant extended the generous Appomattox terms to every rebel who would surrender himself. Provost marshals fanned out across Virginia and beyond, seeking nearly 18,000 of Lee's men who had yet to surrender. But the shock of Lincoln's assassination led Northern authorities to see threats of new rebellion in every rail depot and harbor where Confederates gathered for transport, even among those already paroled. While Federal troops struggled to keep order and sustain a fragile peace, their newly surrendered adversaries seethed with anger and confusion at the sight of Union troops occupying their towns and former slaves celebrating freedom. In this dramatic new history of the weeks and months after Appomattox, Caroline E. Janney reveals that Lee's surrender was less an ending than the start of an interregnum marked by military and political uncertainty, legal and logistical confusion, and continued outbursts of violence. Janney takes readers from the deliberations of government and military authorities to the ground-level experiences of common soldiers. Ultimately, what unfolds is the messy birth narrative of the Lost Cause, laying the groundwork for the defiant resilience of rebellion in the years that followed.
When the Fighting is Over
Title | When the Fighting is Over PDF eBook |
Author | John Lawrence |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Falkland Islands War, 1982 |
ISBN | 9780747501749 |
This is the story of Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards who was severely wounded as he led his platoon in an attack against an Argentinian machine-gun position during the battle for Tumbledown Mountain in 1982. The injury to Lawrence's head was so severe that it was assumed that he would die and he had to wait for four hours before medical staff could help him, but he did eventually make a recovery, coming to terms with his paralysis.
When God Stops Fighting
Title | When God Stops Fighting PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Juergensmeyer |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2022-01-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0520384741 |
A gripping study of how religiously motivated violence and militant movements end, from the perspectives of those most deeply involved. Mark Juergensmeyer is arguably the globe’s leading expert on religious violence, and for decades his books have helped us understand the worlds and worldviews of those who take up arms in the name of their faith. But even the most violent of movements, characterized by grand religious visions of holy warfare, eventually come to an end. Juergensmeyer takes readers into the minds of religiously motivated militants associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, the Sikh Khalistan movement in India’s Punjab, and the Moro movement for a Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines to understand what leads to drastic changes in the attitudes of those once devoted to all-out ideological war. When God Stops Fighting reveals how the transformation of religious violence manifests for those who once promoted it as the only answer.