Acts of War: The Behavior of Men in Battle - Hardcover

Richard Holmes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0029150205 ISBN 13: 9780029150207

Publisher: The Free Press, 1986

Synopsis

Uses interviews and historical accounts to analyze the combat experience, discusses the impact of fear, fatigue, and danger on soldiers, and examines our fascination with war

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About the Author:

Richard Holmes is the author of numerous books including The Firing Line, Soldiers and Riding The Retreat, published both in the UK and in North America. He is the author and presenter of the BBC War Walks series and their accompanying books. Another recent television series for the BBC and the History Channel is The Western Front, also accompanied by a bestselling book. Richard Holmes is Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal College of Military Science, Shrivenham and Britain's senior serving reserve officer.

From Library Journal:

In this useful and gripping study, an English military biographer examines the forces which operate upon fighting men in and out of battle. Holmes presents numerous well-organized anecdotes that range from Waterloo to the Falklands, often deliberately blurring the distinction between wars in order to show their common factors. Although the book is drawn exlusively from secondary sources, it contains a wealth of insights useful to professional students. His observations on the role of females in combat zones are timely, if unsurprising to most veterans. As a work of lay psychology, the book surpasses John Ellis's The Sharp End ( LJ 2/15/81). Recommended to most public libraries. History Book Club main selection. Raymond L. Puffer, U.S. Air Force History Prog., Los Angeles
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About this edition

• Publisher: The Free Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0029150205
• ISBN 13: 9780029150207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 436