Civil wars : a history in ideas / David Armitage.
Civil wars : a history in ideas / David Armitage.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
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G 2017/752
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 349 pages ; 20 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : confronting civil war -- Part I: Roads from Rome -- Inventing civil war : the Roman tradition -- Remembering civil war : Roman visions -- Part II: Early modern crossroads -- Uncivil civil wars : the seventeenth century -- Civil war in an age of revolutions : the eighteenth century --...
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"A highly original history, tracing civil war, the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression, from Ancient Rome through the centuries to present day"-- Provided by publisher.
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Civil wars : a history in ideas / David Armitage.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-332) and index.
Issued As
Online version: Armitage, David, 1965- author. Civil wars First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9780385353090 (DLC) 2016041142
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©2017
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G 2017/752
Record Identifier
74VKV7NlLP3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV7NlLP3g
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ISBN
030745617X paperback
9780307271136 hardcover
0307271137 hardcover
9780307456175 paperback
DDC
355.021809
MMS ID
991024067317202626
