{"product_id":"the-age-of-battles-the-quest-for-decisive-warfare-from-breitenfeld-to-waterloo-paperback","title":"The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell F. Weigley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most interesting, important, and ambitious books about the conduct, and perhaps the ultimate futility, of war.\" --Gunther E. Rothenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] highly scholarly and wonderfully absorbing study.\" --John Bayley, \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice.\" --Allan R. Millett, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell F. Weigley (1930-2004) was Professor of History at Temple University and author of A Great Civil War (winner of the Lincoln Prize); The American Way of War; History of the United States Army; and Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 (all published by IUP). He lived in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 579\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135044358279,"sku":"9780253217073","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cbaf41914f9d8ce71a4dd0c087b81aa3.webp?v=1732646519","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-age-of-battles-the-quest-for-decisive-warfare-from-breitenfeld-to-waterloo-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}