An Instinct for War: Scenes from the Battlefields of History.(An Instinct for War: Scenes from the Battlefields of History )(Book review) From: Military Review | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Roe, Andrew M. | COPYRIGHT 2006 U.S. Army CGSC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

AN INSTINCT FOR WAR: Scenes from the Battlefields of History, Roger Spiller, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005, 403 pages, $29.95.

An Instinct for War, consisting of 13 short stories, highlights a series of moments in history when warfare changed profoundly. Using a number of notable figures associated with the evolution of military thought, Roger Spiller skillfully combines imagination and meticulous research to shrewdly engage and chall...

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