02157cam a2200361 i 4500 1892813956 TxGeo 20250124120000.0 241005t20252024||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024034286 9781250281364 hbk. 1250281369 hbk. (OCoLC)1429658321 TxGeo rda Walsh, Michael, author. A rage to conquer : twelve battles that changed the course of Western history / Michael Walsh. First edition. ©2024. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2025. 389 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sequel to: Last stands. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: To fight for -- Clausewitz on war -- Achilles at Ilium -- Alexander at Gaugamela -- Caesar at Alesia -- Constantine at the Milvian Bridge -- Aetius at the Catalaunian Plain -- Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch -- Napoleon at Austerlitz -- Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway Patton at the Bulge -- Afterword: Of the battle of 9/11. "In A Rage to Conquer, Walsh brings history to life as he considers a group of courageous commanders and the battles they waged that became crucial to the course of Western history. He looks first at Carl Von Clausewitz, the seminal thinker in the Western canon dealing with war. He then moves on to Achilles at Ilium, Alexander at Gaugamela, Caesar at Alesia, Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, Aetius at the Catalaunian Plains, Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch, Napoleon at Austerlitz, Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway and Patton at the Bulge with a final consideration of how the Battle of 9/11 was ultimately lost by the U.S. and what that portends for the future."-- Adapted from publihser description. 20250204. Battles. Military history. War History. QS5