02980cam a2200469 a 4500 ocm61175546 OCoLC 20241211134003.0 040609r20041985enkacf b 001 0 eng GBA445124 bnb 012937027 Uk 0304367001 (pbk.) 9780304367009 (pbk.) AU@ 000027893819 NLGGC 265333172 NZ1 8714042 UKMGB 012937027 (OCoLC)61175546 (OCoLC)56659365 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY ukblsr U22.3 H65 Holmes, Richard, 1946-2011. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqbpFP8htbvBfrk3c9qwC Acts of war : the behaviour of men in battle / Richard Holmes. London : Cassell Military, 2004. xii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm. text txt rdacontent Cassell military paperbacks Originally published: as Firing line. London: Random House, 1985. Includes bibliographical references and index. Start line -- Mysterious fraternity -- The painful field -- Eptiome of war -- Pale battalions -- Real enemy -- Competition, diffidence and glory -- Precarious valour -- I am the enemy -- A peaceful world. The reality of what it is to be a soldier, by Britain's foremost military historian. 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. War Moral and ethical aspects. Soldiers Psychology. fast (OCoLC)fst01125290 War Moral and ethical aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01170352 Holmes, Richard, 1946-2011. Firing line. has work: Firing line (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH4xF4dPrtYRPyDPyJdh9C https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Cassell military paperbacks. lcc BK U22.3 H65 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 40 OTHER HOLDINGS 2974 2974 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-12-11 0 U22.3 H65 2024-4511 2024-12-11 13:40:56 c.1 2024-12-11 BK