<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>" --Allan R. Millett, The Journal of American History<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>One of the most interesting, important, and ambitious books about the conduct, and perhaps the ultimate futility, of war. --Gunther E. Rothenberg</p><p>[A] highly scholarly and wonderfully absorbing study. --John Bayley, <i>The London Review of Books</i></p><p>What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice. --Allan R. Millett, <i>The Journal of American History</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>""What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice.""<br><br>"What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Russell F. Weigley (1930-2004) was Professor of History at Temple University and author of A Great Civil War (winner of the Lincoln Prize); The American Way of War; History of the United States Army; and Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 (all published by IUP). He lived in Philadelphia.</p></p>
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