Soldiers and Ghosts

Informationen zum Autor J. E. Lendon teaches history at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World. Klappentext Sparta, Macedonia, and Rome--how did these nations come to dominate the ancient world? Lendon shows readers that the most successful armies were those that made the most effective use of cultural tradition.A history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, this work surveys a millennium of warfare to discover how militaries change, and fail to change, and how an army's greatness depends on the way it exploits the past.

Product details

• Authors: J. E. Lendon, J. E. (Teacher of History Lendon, J.E. Lendon
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2006
• EAN: 9780300119794
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11979-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; History, HISTORY / Military / General, Ancient World, Battles & campaigns, Battles and campaigns