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Excerpt: "In the present volume I have attempted within the limits of the historical period and of our European civilisation, and without recognising any hard and fast line between ancient and modern, Christian and Pagan, to allude, in the places that seemed most appropriate, to all points in the history of war that appeared to be either of special interest or of essential importance. As examples of such points I may refer to the treatment of prisoners of war, or of surrendered garrisons; the rules about spies and surprises; the introduction of, and feeling about, new weapons; the meaning of parts of military dress; the origin of peculiar customs like the old one of kissing the earth before a charge; the prevalent rules of honour, as displayed in notions of justice in regard to reprisals, or of fairness in stratagems and deception. "
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Publish dateMar 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
2CHAPTER I. THE LAWS OF WAR.
3CHAPTER II. WARFARE IN CHIVALROUS TIMES.
4CHAPTER III. NAVAL WARFARE.
5CHAPTER IV. MILITARY REPRISALS.
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6CHAPTER V. MILITARY STRATAGEMS.
7CHAPTER VI. BARBARIAN WARFARE.
8CHAPTER VII. WAR AND CHRISTIANITY.
9CHAPTER VIII. CURIOSITIES OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
10CHAPTER IX. THE LIMITS OF MILITARY DUTY.
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