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100 1 $aHanson, Victor Davis.
245 10 $aRipples of battle :$bhow wars of the past still determine how we fight, how we live, and how we think /$cVictor Davis Hanson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c2003.
300 $a278 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 260-268) and index.
520 $aExplores how three important battles, Okinawa, Shiloh, and Delium, an obscure battle of the Peloponnesian War, changed the course of Western history.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tThe Wages of Suicide: Okinawa, April 1-July 2, 1945 --$tRecipe for a Holocaust --$tThe Laboratory of Suicide --$tDivine Wind --$tThe Military Lessons --$tEpilogue: The Men of Okinawa --$gCh. 2.$tShiloh's Ghosts, April 6-7, 1862 --$tMorning: The Birth of Uncle Billy --$tAfternoon: The Myth of the Lost Opportunity --$tEvening: Ben-Hur --$tNight: The Klansman --$tPostmortem --$gCh. 3.$tThe Culture of Delium, November 424 B.C. --$tThe Battle --$tEuripides and the Rotting Dead --$tThespian Tragedies --$tThe Faces of Delium --$tSocrates Slain? --$tBeauty from the Dead --$tThe Birth of Tactics --$tWhat Was Delium? --$tEpilogue: The Imprint of Battle.
650 0 $aMilitary art and science.
650 0 $aCivilization, Western.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zJapan$zOkinawa Island.
650 0 $aShiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
650 0 $aDelium, Battle of, Greece, 424 B.C.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xInfluence.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xInfluence.
651 0 $aGreece$xHistory$yPeloponnesian War, 431 B.C.-404 B.C.$xInfluence.
651 0 $aGreece$xHistory$yPeloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.$xInfluence.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHanson, Victor Davis.$tRipples of battle.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Doubleday, 2003$w(OCoLC)609164210
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