Description
"One of the most interesting, important, and ambitious books about the conduct, and perhaps the ultimate futility, of war." -Gunther E. Rothenberg
"[A] highly scholarly and wonderfully absorbing study." -John Bayley, The London Review of Books
"What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice." -Allan R. Millett, The Journal of American History
"One of the most interesting, important, and ambitious books about the conduct, and perhaps the ultimate futility, of war." -Gunther E. Rothenberg
About the Author
Russell F. Weigley (1930-2004) was Professor of History at Temple University and author of A Great Civil War (winner of the Lincoln Prize); The American Way of War; History of the United States Army; and Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 (all published by IUP). He lived in Philadelphia.
Book Information
ISBN 9780253217073
Author Russell F. Weigley
Format Paperback
Page Count 608
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 812g
