Product details

Art.No:

95910

Author / Artist:

Kern, Paul Bentley

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Militaria-Kriegsgeschichte

Binding / Picture Size:

HLwd. m. OU.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press

Place of publishing:

Bloomington

Year of publication:

1999

Book Details / Size:

Gr.8°, 419 s., einige abb.

Condition:

Tadell.

Description:

- Assyrian emperors, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and the future Roman emperor Titus all commanded great sieges that ended in fearsome slaughters. Kern examines the origins of such unleashed violence and shows how the methods of siege warfare devalued the skills of traditional warriors as well as the shared values of honor and prowess that limited the violence of traditional field battles. Text: engl.