Civil wars : a history in ideas / David Armitage.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307271136
- ISBN: 0307271137
- ISBN: 9780307456175
- ISBN: 030745617X
- Physical Description: x, 349 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-332) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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 -- Partt III: Paths to the present -- Civilizing civil war : the nineteenth century -- Worlds of civil war : the twentieth century -- Conclusion : civil wars of words.
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- Subject:
- Civil war > Philosophy.
Military history.
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- 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 355.02 ARM (Text) | 37810435295489 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | 355.0218 A (Text) | 31781062008790 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 355.0218 A (Text) | 33258008171451 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 355.021809 Armitage (Text) | 30519009861306 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 355.021 A (Text) | 39149007477102 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 355.021809 ARM (Text) | 0020511345538 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | 355.02 Arm (Text) | 38950611086630 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | 355.021809 ARM (Text) | 33114017936311 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Warsaw - Kornegay Public Library | ANF 355.02 ARM (Text) | 30372101570411 | Adult Nonfiction | In transit | - |
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"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"--
