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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Date: 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394588010 . Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.6 inches; 472 pages . 1993. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1993. Book. Near Fine. Quarter-cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 432pp, First American edition. No marks or tears. A very nice copy.. 1993. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Date: 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 432, b/w illustrations, maps. Dustjacket has been taped to inside of books, o/w very good. 1993. Alfred a Knopf Inc ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [CA]

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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher , Date: 1994 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1994. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Stated 5th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Priced. Mauve paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 432 pp 8vo. This book offers a sweeping view of the place of warfare in human culture and a brilliant exposition of the human impulse toward violence. The author probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of more than two thousand years, from ritualistic combat of Stone Age people to the warfare of mass destruction in the present age. He shows why honor has always been accorded to the soldierly virtues and how war has maintained its singular hold on the imagination, reaching into "the most secret places of the human heart, places where self dissolves rational purpose, where pride reigns, where emotion is paramount, where instinct is king." A clean very presentable copy. 1994. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

ISBN10: 0394588010, ISBN13: 9780394588018, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York, NY] Hardcover Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1994. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Stated 5th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Priced. Mauve paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 432 pp 8vo. This book offers a sweeping view of the place of warfare in human culture and a brilliant exposition of the human impulse toward violence. The author probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of more than two thousand years, from ritualistic combat of Stone Age people to the warfare of mass destruction in the present age. He shows why honor has always been accorded to the soldierly virtues and how war has maintained its singular hold on the imagination, reaching into "the most secret places of the human heart, places where self dissolves rational purpose, where pride reigns, where emotion is paramount, where instinct is king." A clean very presentable copy.
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Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1994. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994, Fifth Printing, 8vo, 432 pages. Book and jacket in very good+ condition.. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 1994. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

Knopf, Date: 1994., 1994. Later ed. 432p. Maps. Photos. Regular edition. Price clipped. Fine/Fine Copy. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. 1994. Knopf, 1994. ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1993. 432pp, illus., owner's name blacked out to fep, waterstain to bottom spine corner of front cover, affects bottom of spine & dj, but no pages, contents clean, a couple small tears & some edgewear to dj.. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. 1993. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 432pp. Ilustrated. Textblock edges lightly foxed, else fine in a cover-sunned, thus very good, dustwrapper. A two-thousand-year history of warfare by the acclaimed military historian. 1993. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394588010 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 432pp. Ilustrated. Textblock edges lightly foxed, else fine in a cover-sunned, thus very good, dustwrapper. A two-thousand-year history of warfare by the acclaimed military historian. 1993. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394588010 9780394588018 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1993. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First American edition. 1993 Hard Cover. xvi, 432 pp. "Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, methods underlying war in different societies. The author demonstrates how particular cultures give rise to their own styles of war-making. Keegan focuses his analysis on the great changes in military technology: the discoveries of bronze and iron, the taming of the horse for chariot and riding, the introduction of gunpowder and the mobilization of science and industry to create the atom bomb." "Keegan discusses early warfare, the proliferation of Bronze Age warfare and then Iron Age warfare (Greek hoplites and phalanxes, Roman legions and maniples). He also talks about the conquests of the "horse peoples", first under the Assyrians, then the Achaemenids, Parthians and Sassanids; then in the 7th century the Arabs conquer a lot of territory, followed by the Mongols under Genghis Khan and finally the last of the horse peoples under a Mongol named Tamerlane, who unleashes massive carnage and destruction. The rise of medieval Europe causes the raising of money for castles, with infantry being paid to dig under castles for their destruction. Western Europe perfects castles that are impregnable. At the same time, cavalry is gradually eliminated from the battlefield; matchlocks, flintlocks and eventually Smith & Wesson revolvers become dominant (they help ...

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