Acts of War

Author: Richard Holmes
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0029150205

Acts of War: The Behavior of Men in Battle

This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. Get Acts of War diet books 2013 for free.
It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the humiliation of basic training and the intense comradeship of army life, to the terror, isolation and exhaustion of battle. What does it feel like to be in the firing line? How does killing change a man? And what do the extreme conditions of war reveal about a man's basic instincts, his courage or his fear, his urge for self-preservation or self-sacrifice? Covering several centuries of warfare, and including the personal recollections of veterans from two World Wars, from Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Richard Holmes gives Check Acts of War our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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What does it feel like to be in the firing line? How does killing change a man? And what do the extreme conditions of war reveal about a man's basic instincts, his courage or his fear, his urge for self-preservation or self-sacrifice? Covering several centuries of warfare, and including the personal recollections of veterans from two World Wars, from Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Richard Holmes gives

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