A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 79
... combat was more rash than courageous . Courage could not be distinguished by " Show , or Pomp and Appearance . " The truly courageous warrior , therefore , was the man who would be intransigent in / the face of danger , fearing ...
... combat was more rash than courageous . Courage could not be distinguished by " Show , or Pomp and Appearance . " The truly courageous warrior , therefore , was the man who would be intransigent in / the face of danger , fearing ...
Pagina 104
... combat encounter.27 As in all wars , untested men wondered how they would perform in combat , and they particularly speculated at whether they could kill another man . Those men who left accounts of their battle activities during the ...
... combat encounter.27 As in all wars , untested men wondered how they would perform in combat , and they particularly speculated at whether they could kill another man . Those men who left accounts of their battle activities during the ...
Pagina 105
... combat is apprehensive before , and fearful during , the action . The situations of war , for the civilized man , are completely abnormal and foreign to his background . " Men enteri combat wondering why they were so unfortunate to be ...
... combat is apprehensive before , and fearful during , the action . The situations of war , for the civilized man , are completely abnormal and foreign to his background . " Men enteri combat wondering why they were so unfortunate to be ...
Inhoudsopgave
The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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