The Virtue Of War

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553902006

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The Virtues of War by Steven Pressfield Pdf

I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving his father’s brutal assassination, presiding over a massacre, or weeping at the death of a beloved comrade-in-arms, Alexander never denies the hard realities of the code by which he lives: the virtues of war. But as much as he was feared by his enemies, he was loved and revered by his friends, his generals, and the men who followed him into battle. Often outnumbered, never outfought, Alexander conquered every enemy the world stood against him–but the one he never saw coming. . . . BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession.

Author : Alexander F. C. Webster,Darrell Cole
Publisher : Regina Orthodox Press,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Just war doctrine
ISBN : 1928653170

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The Virtue of War by Alexander F. C. Webster,Darrell Cole Pdf

A powerful, genuinely ecumenical, meticulously documented, incontrovertible case on behalf of the moral teachings known to Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestants as the justifiable work traditions. Tis book provides a firm biblical, theological and historical foundation for that confidence and is an answer to the Christian peace movement.

Author : D. Chan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137263414

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Beyond Just War by D. Chan Pdf

Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Random House Large Print Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0375434143

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The Virtues of War by Steven Pressfield Pdf

I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander's extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior's unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving his father's brutal assassination, presiding over a massacre, or weeping at the death of a beloved comrade-in-arms, Alexander never denies the hard realities of the code by which he lives: the virtues of war. But as much as he was feared by his enemies, he was loved and revered by his friends, his generals, and the men who followed him into battle. Often outnumbered, never outfought, Alexander conquered every enemy the world stood against himbut the one he never saw coming. . . . From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Generals
ISBN : 0385603355

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Alexander by Steven Pressfield Pdf

Alexander the Great (356-332 B.C.) ascended to the throne of Macedon at the age of only 19. He fought his greatest battles - including the conquest of the mighty Persian Empire - before he was 25. He died at the age of 33, undefeated by any enemy. His reputation as a supreme warrior and leader of men is unsurpassed in the annals of history. Narrated in the brilliantly imagined first-person voice of Alexander himself, Steven Pressfield's new novel brings to life the epic battles, the unerring command of his forces, and the passions and ambitions that drove arguably the greatest commander the world has ever known and paints a full-blooded, multi-dimensional portrait of this complex character. Alexander was a fearless commander who moved with such daring and speed that no army could withstand him; a driven leader whose ambitions knew no limits; and a man with boundless compassion for his troops, deep friendships with his generals, and profound respect for his enemies. Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by his insatiable lust for glory.No one evokes the ancient battlefield as brilliantly as Pressfield and in ALEXANDER: THE VIRTUES OF WAR, he vividly describes the seminal confrontations of Alexander's career, the tactics and the blood, heat, and terror of man-to-man combat in the ancient world. He follows Alexander's forces as they faced and defeated armies that far outnumbered them - from a thrilling frontline report from Gaugamela, the scene of Alexander's greatest victory, to the moving, agonising moment that brought the great conqueror to a halt - not as a result of any enemy but by the refusal of his exhausted troops to march any further...Here then are the glory and the gore, the passion and the pageantry, the agony and the ecstasy of the life and times of Alexander the Great, as envisioned and brought to brilliant, bloody and utterly unputdownable life by Steven Pressfield! Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, ALEXANDER: THE VIRTUES OF WAR is sure to take its place among the classics of historical fiction.

Author : Christian Enemark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136261206

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Armed Drones and the Ethics of War by Christian Enemark Pdf

This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles (‘hunter-killer drones’) in contemporary conflicts. The American way of war is trending away from the heroic and towards the post-heroic, driven by a political preference for air-powered management of strategic risks and the reduction of physical risk to US personnel. The recent use of drones in the War on Terror has demonstrated the power of this technology to transcend time and space, but there has been relatively little debate in the United States and elsewhere over the embrace of what might be regarded as politically desirable and yet morally worrisome: risk-free killing. Arguably, the absence of a relationship of mutual risk between putative combatants poses a fundamental challenge to the status of war as something morally distinguishable from other forms of violence, and it also undermines the professional virtue of the warrior as a courageous risk-taker. This book considers the use of armed drones in the light of ethical principles that are intended to guard against unjust increases in the incidence and lethality of armed conflict. The evidence and arguments presented indicate that, in some respects, the use of armed drones is to be welcomed as an ethically superior mode of warfare. Over time, however, their continued and increased use is likely to generate more challenges than solutions, and perhaps do more harm than good. This book will be of much interest to students of the ethics of war, airpower, counter-terrorism, strategic studies and security studies in general.

Author : Bennett R. Coles
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783294213

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Virtues of War by Bennett R. Coles Pdf

Lieutenant Katja Emmes is assigned to the fast-attack craft Rapier, joining a mission to investigate weapons smuggling activity between the Terran colonies of Sirius and Centauria. If true, this act of rebellion could escalate rapidly, and lead to all-out war. When combat does erupt, its ferocity stuns the Terran forces, and pushes them to their limits. It tests the abilities of Lieutenant Emmes, as well, along with Sublieutenant Jack Mallory and Lieutenant Commander Thomas Kane, commanding officer of the Rapier. But failure is not acceptable. They must defeat the enemy… by whatever means necessary.

Author : John Bradshaw
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Integrity
ISBN : 9780553095920

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Reclaiming Virtue by John Bradshaw Pdf

The best-selling author of Creating Love sets out to redefine what it means to live a moral life in today's world by helping readers reclaim and cultivate their inborn moral intelligence by developing one's instincts for goodness in childhood and nurturing them through one's adult life to promote good character and moral responsibility.

Author : Barbara Stegemann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Leadership in women
ISBN : 0978251903

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The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen by Barbara Stegemann Pdf

Author : Michael Skerker,Don Carrick,David Whetham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1912440008

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Military Virtues by Michael Skerker,Don Carrick,David Whetham Pdf

Military professionals need to have a clear and working knowledge of the ethical decision-making process that underpin their profession in order to evaluate situations quickly. This volume identifies 14 key virtues and through introductory essays and real world examples, provides guidance for service personnel at every stage of their career.

Author : Kurtis Hagen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793639714

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Lead Them with Virtue by Kurtis Hagen Pdf

Recent scholarship has framed early Confucians as just war theorists with relatively permissive criteria for the just use of violence. Lead Them with Virtue: A Confucian Alternative to War makes the case that such interpretations conflict with what Mencius and Xunzi were trying to do. Kurtis Hagen argues that they both strove to prevent war by contrasting the situations of their day with idealized versions of the semi-mythic activities of sage-kings, which represent appropriate use of the military. These stories imply support for the offensive use of the military only when actual war—with its characteristic horrors—would not ensue. Following this logic, military interventions are just only in circumstances that do not actually occur. Confucians advocate, instead, a long-term strategy of ameliorating unjust circumstances by leveraging the credibility and influence that stems from consistently practicing genuinely benevolent governance. Passages that imply pacifistic readings of these texts are routinely dismissed by scholars as too naïve to be taken seriously. Hagen argues that the relatively pacifistic position implied by these passages is not in fact naïve, but is rather reasonable, and indeed should be supported, at least by contemporary Confucians.

Author : G. Scott Davis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610970853

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Warcraft and the Fragility of Virtue by G. Scott Davis Pdf

Recent work by Stanley Hauerwas, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Robert Bellah has brought considerable attention to bear on the ethics of virtue. Little clarity has, however, emerged from that discussion on what difference such an ethic would make in practical and political deliberations. Warcraft and the Fragility of Virtue presents, for the first time, a well-developed and effective Aristotelian perspective on reasoning about war and warfare. Author G. Scott Davis first sketches the fundamentals of as Aristotelian approach to the ethics of war, arguing that the virtue is a craft, of itself fragile, that must be sustained by a community that makes the highest demands upon itself. Introduced as a criterion for evaluating alliances and international relations, the concept of moral community is also of the highest significance for interpreting those ruptures within the community, including resistance and rebellion, that arise concomitantly with the prospect and onset of war.

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Random House
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407093574

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Alexander: The Virtues Of War by Steven Pressfield Pdf

Steven Pressfield, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Gates of Fire, brings us an intimate and revealing portrayal of Alexander the Great: legendary hero and leader of men. "A cracking, fast-paced contemporary retelling of the legend that is Alexander" - MANDA SCOTT "An all conqueringly glamorous an account as Alexander himself" -- SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE "Deeply researched, dashingly written...this is a terrific performance" -- INDEPENDENT "Nothing short of an excellent read" - ***** Reader review "This was simply beautiful, 100% recommended, there was a literal lump in my throat when I came to the end, absolutely glorious." -- ***** Reader review **************************************************************** EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR THE TAKING He ascended to the throne of Macedon at the age of nineteen. He conquered the seemingly invincible Persian Empire before he was twenty-five. He died at the age of thirty-two, undefeated by any enemy. His reputation as a warrior and leader of men remains unsurpassed in the annals of history. We remember him as Alexander the Great... Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, Steven Pressfield's breathtaking novel tells the story of this legendary colossus of the ancient world who was driven - and ultimately undone - by his insatiable lust for glory.

Author : Michael Jan Friedman,Christie Golden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743421362

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The First Virtue by Michael Jan Friedman,Christie Golden Pdf

An insidious plot for revenge has spanned several years in the life of Jean-Luc Picard, but how did this merciless vendetta get started? Like a double helix curling back on itself, the final answer lies at the very beginning... A series of terrorist attacks have heightened tensions between two alien races, bringing an entire sector to the brink of interplanetary war. While Picard, captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer, struggles to keep the peace, Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher must team up with a Vulcan officer named Tuvok to uncover the hidden architect of the attacks, but the outcome of their quest would breed dire consequences for the future.

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681490472

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Back to Virtue by Peter Kreeft Pdf

"We have reduced all virtues to one: being nice. And, we measure Jesus by our standard instead of measuring our standard by Him." For the Christian, explains author Peter Kreeft, being virtuous is not a means to the end of pleasure, comfort and happiness. Virtue, he reminds us, is a word that means "manly strength." But how do we know when we are being meek--or just cowardly? When is our anger righteous--and when is it a sin? What is the difference between being virtuous--and merely ethical? Back to Virtue clears up these and countless other questions that beset Christians today. Kreeft not only summarizes scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy life, he contrasts Christian virtue with other ethical systems. He applies traditional moral theology to present-day dilemmas such as abortion and nuclear armament. Kreeft restores to us what was once common knowledge: the Seven Deadly Sins have an antidote in the Beatitudes. By setting up a close contrast between the two sets of behaviors, Kreeft offers proven guidance in the often bewildering process of discerning right from wrong as we move into the questionable mores of the twenty-first century. He provides a road map of virtue, a map for our earthly pilgrimage synthesized from the accumulated wisdom of centuries of Christians, from Paul and the early Church Fathers through C.S. Lewis.