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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190920645
ISBN-13
9780190920647
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28050029386
Product Key Features
Book Title
Other Face of Battle : America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, United States / General
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-427288
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"This is an important book at the right time, reminding us that we cannot define war as we might like it to be. Enemies, too, have agency and authorship. And they are unlikely to conform to the other side's preferences. There are indeed two ways to fight, asymmetrically and stupidly. You hope that your adversaries pick the latter. But if they do not, you will wish that you had read this book." --H.R. McMaster, author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defendthe Free World and Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam"The Other Face of Battle offers a fascinating study of American wars in which the cultural terrain is as vital as the physical terrain, and though it deals with lesser-known engagements, the resonances for Americans trying to think their way through our modern wars are profoundly universal." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries and Redeployment, "This is an important book at the right time, reminding us that we cannot define war as we might like it to be. Enemies, too, have agency and authorship. And they are unlikely to conform to the other side's preferences. There are indeed two ways to fight, asymmetrically and stupidly. You hope that your adversaries pick the latter. But if they do not, you will wish that you had read this book." --H.R. McMaster, author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World and Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam"The Other Face of Battle offers a fascinating study of American wars in which the cultural terrain is as vital as the physical terrain, and though it deals with lesser-known engagements, the resonances for Americans trying to think their way through our modern wars are profoundly universal." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries and Redeployment, "This is an important book at the right time, reminding us that we cannot define war as we might like it to be. Enemies, too, have agency and authorship. And they are unlikely to conform to the other side's preferences. There are indeed two ways to fight, asymmetrically and stupidly. You hope that your adversaries pick the latter. But if they do not, you will wish that you had read this book." --H.R. McMaster, author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World and Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam "The Other Face of Battle offers a fascinating study of American wars in which the cultural terrain is as vital as the physical terrain, and though it deals with lesser-known engagements, the resonances for Americans trying to think their way through our modern wars are profoundly universal." --Phil Klay, author of Missionaries and Redeployment
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
355.00973
Table Of Content
Maps and Figures Preface 1. Introduction: Enemies of Another Sort 2. The Battle of the Monongahela: Braddock's Defeat, July 9th, 1755 3. Interlude I: Building and Equipping an American Army of Expansion 4. The Battle of Manila, February 4-5, 1899 5. Interlude II: Becoming a Superpower and Fighting "Small" Wars 6. Makuan/Operation DRAGON STRIKE, September 15-17, 2010 7. Conclusion: The Other Face of Battle and Preparing for the Wrong War Notes Index
Synopsis
Taking its title from The Face of Battle , John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson focus on, respectively, the Battle of Monongahela (1755), the Battle of Manila (1898), and the Battle of Makuan, Afghanistan (2020)--conflicts in which American soldiers were forced to engage in "irregular" warfare, confronting an enemy entirely alien to them. This enemy rejected the Western conventions of warfare and defined success and failure--victory and defeat--in entirely different ways. Symmetry of any kind is lost. Here was not ennobling engagement but atrocity, unanticipated insurgencies, and strategic stalemate. War is always hell. These wars, however, profoundly undermined any sense of purpose or proportion. Nightmarish and existentially bewildering, they nonetheless characterize how Americans have experienced combat and what its effects have been. They are therefore worth comparing for what they hold in common as well as what they reveal about our attitude toward war itself. The Other Face of Battle reminds us that "irregular" or "asymmetrical" warfare is now not the exception but the rule. Understanding its roots seems more crucial than ever., Focusing on three battles, each reflective of asymmetrical, intercultural, and irregular warfare, this provocative, harrowing, and illuminating book shows how American soldiers have experienced combat in which the "standard" rules of engagement did not apply., Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson focus on, respectively, the Battle of Monongahela (1755), the Battle of Manila (1898), and the Battle of Makuan, Afghanistan (2020)--conflicts in which American soldiers were forced to engage in "irregular" warfare, confronting an enemy entirely alien to them. This enemy rejected the Western conventions of warfare and defined success and failure-victory and defeat-in entirely different ways. Symmetry of any kind is lost. Here was not ennobling engagement but atrocity, unanticipated insurgencies, and strategic stalemate. War is always hell. These wars, however, profoundly undermined any sense of purpose or proportion. Nightmarish and existentially bewildering, they nonetheless characterize how Americans have experienced combat and what its effects have been. They are therefore worth comparing for what they hold in common as well as what they reveal about our attitude toward war itself. The Other Face of Battle reminds us that "irregular" or "asymmetrical" warfare is now not the exception but the rule. Understanding its roots seems more crucial than ever., Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson focus on, respectively, the Battle of Monongahela (1755), the Battle of Manila (1898), and the Battle of Makuan, Afghanistan (2020) - conflicts in which American soldiers were forced to engage in "irregular" warfare, confronting an enemy entirely alien to them. This enemy rejected the Western conventions of warfare and defined success and failure - victory and defeat - in entirely different ways. Symmetry of any kind is lost. Here was not ennobling engagement but atrocity, unanticipated insurgencies, and strategic stalemate. War is always hell. These wars, however, profoundly undermined any sense of purpose or proportion. Nightmarish and existentially bewildering, they nonetheless characterize how Americans have experienced combat and what its effects have been. They are therefore worth comparing for what they hold in common as well as what they reveal about our attitude toward war itself. The Other Face of Battle reminds us that "irregular" or "asymmetrical" warfare is now not the exception but the rule. Understanding its roots seems more crucial than ever.
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E181
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