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02278aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 960B0DD2A2F911E58E1A2EE8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151215010050 008 151105r20152015nyuabofe b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2015047080 020 $a 006239780X 020 $a 9780062397805 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d NjBwBT $d SKYRV $d SILO 050 14 $a U21.2 $b .H63 2015 082 04 $a 355.020904 $2 23 100 1 $a Horne, Alistair, $e author. 245 10 $a Hubris : $b the tragedy of war in the twentieth century / $c Alistair Horne. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2015] 300 $a xii, 382 pages, [8] pages of plates : $b illustrations, photographs, maps ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index. 505 0 $a Part I: Tsushima, 1905. The new century ; Port Arthur ; Into Manchuria ; Odyssey, followed by Iliad ; The battle at sea ; Peace -- Part II: Nomonhan, 1939. Japan goes sour ; Zhukov, Sorge, Tsuji ; The incident -- Part III: Moscow, 1941. General Summer ; General Winter -- Part IV: Midway, 1942. The Kido Butai -- Fortune tilts -- Part V: Korea and Dien Bien Phu, 1950-1954. The American Caesar ; Echoes of Verdun. 520 $a Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years and in this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles of the past century and examines the strategies, leadership, preparation, and geopolitical goals of aggressors and defenders to reveal the one trait that links them all: hubris. In Greek tragedy, hubris is excessive human pride that challenges the gods and ultimately leads to total destruction of the offender. 650 0 $a War $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Military art and science $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Military history, Modern $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022319.0 952 $l CDPC522 $d 20191119021641.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006092019.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826040931.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20160302063106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=960B0DD2A2F911E58E1A2EE8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search