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The Pursuit of Victory: From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein

The Pursuit of Victory: From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein

by Brian Bond (Author)

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    Hardcover 1996

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Synopsis

In Western Europe and North America the idea that war can deliberately be used as an instrument of policy has become unfashionable, not least because of the unsatisfactory outcomes of two World Wars and the Americans' humiliating experience in Vietnam. But wars are still fought. Those who start them clearly believe they are worthwhile. Why? In this original and provocative study, Brian Bond examines the successes and failures of military and political leaders involved in the pursuit of victory over the last two centuries, and warns against complacency for the future.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 249
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 08 Feb 1996
ISBN 10: 0198204973
ISBN 13: 9780198204978

Media Reviews
Bond has produced a work that both professional historians aand the general public will find interesting and provocative. --History
... A rich narrative of the major figures and the watershed events in the course of international conflict for the past 250 years. --Journal of Military History

[Bond] has produced a work that both professional historians aand the general public will find interesting and provocative. --History
.,. A rich narrative of the major figures and the watershed events in the course of international conflict for the past 250 years. --Journal of Military History


[Bond] has produced a work that both professional historians aand the general public will find interesting and provocative. --History
, .. A rich narrative of the major figures and the watershed events in the course of international conflict for the past 250 years. --Journal of Military History

[Bond] has produced a work that both professional historians aand the general public will find interesting and provocative. --History
.,. A rich narrative of the major figures and the watershed events in the course of international conflict for the past 250 years. --Journal of Military History


[Bond] has produced a work that both professional historians aand the general public will find interesting and provocative. --History


.. .A rich narrative of the major figures and the watershed events in the course of international conflict for the past 250 years. --Journal of Military History


Author Bio

Professor of Military History at King's College, London, Brian Bond is the editor of The First World War and British Military History, (1991, OUP) and a contributor to The Oxford Illustrated History of The British Army, (1994)