03136cam a2200469Ma 4500 ocm52695430 OCoLC 20240515140544.0 ta 030715s2003 enka b 001 0 eng 2006404146 GBA3V9791 bnb 010336916 Uk 029784668X AU@ 000025107388 NLGGC 257413650 NZ1 7832989 UKMDD 029784668X (OCoLC)52695430 (OCoLC)993163618 (OCoLC)1005318155 (OCoLC)1016650998 (OCoLC)1057568637 (OCoLC)1087340543 (OCoLC)1103767832 (OCoLC)1108227460 UKM eng UKM OCLCQ DLC YDXCP OCLCG OCLCA UKMGB OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO Z0P OCLCQ W2U KOTUI OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCL OCLCQ U21.2 .H73 355.02019 21 Holmes, Richard, 1946-2011. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqbpFP8htbvBfrk3c9qwC Acts of war : the behaviour of men in battle / Richard Holmes. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003. 448 p : ill ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Start Line -- 2. Mysterious Fraternity -- 3. The Painful Field -- 4. Epitome of War -- 5. Pale Battalions -- 6. The Real Enemy -- 7. Competion, Diffidence and Glory -- 8. Precarious Valour -- 9. I Am the Enemy -- 10. A Peaceful World. This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the humiliation of basic training and the intense comradeship of army life, to the terror, isolation and exhaustion of battle. What does it feel like to be in the firing line? How does killing change a man? And what do the extreme conditions of war reveal about a man's basic instincts, his courage or his fear, his urge for self-preservation or self-sacrifice? Covering several centuries of warfare, and including the personal recollections of veterans from two World Wars, from Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Richard Holmes gives us a powerful picture of what motivates the soldier and enables him to maintain the struggle in conditions of extreme degradation and danger. Soldiers Psychology. War Psychological aspects. Soldiers Psychology. fast (OCoLC)fst01125290 War Psychological aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01170363 has work: Firing line (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH4xF4dPrtYRPyDPyJdh9C https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006404146-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006404146-d.html lcc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 48 OTHER HOLDINGS 273 273 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-05-15 0 U21.2 .H73 2024-0284 2024-05-15 14:07:26 c.1 2024-05-15 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-05-15 0 U21.2 .H73 2024-0285 2024-05-15 14:08:27 c.3 2024-05-15 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-05-15 0 U21.2 .H73 2024-0286 2024-05-15 14:08:27 c.4 2024-05-15 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-05-15 0 U21.2 .H73 2024-0287 2024-05-15 14:08:27 c.5 2024-05-15 BK