Wrath of Achilles: Essays on Command in Battle

by Richard D. Hooker Jr., David R. Gray, John W. Nicholson Jr., et al.

Book Overview

"Sing Goddess, of the wrath of Achilles, Peleus' son." So begins the Iliad, the greatest war epic in western culture. Since the dawn of recorded history, the history of man has been nearly synonymous with the history of war, a history that begins with Homer and continues today. Then as now, war remains the ultimate arbiter of human affairs, an awful and ever-present reminder of humanity's failure to escape its wrathful roots. Seemingly inescapable,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494392917
• ISBN13: 9781494392918
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"