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War From the Ground Up: Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics
Author(s): Emile Simpson (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: October 26, 1989
- Language: English
- Print length: 440 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415010144
- ISBN-13: 9780415010146
Book Description
McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth?
Editorial Reviews
Review
`(Frank McLynn’s) grasp of his subject is masterly, his arguments are lucid, and his research daunting.’ – The Times
`Scholarly, sensible and acute … McLynn’s book is the most valuable contribution to the history of crime and punishment …’ – Christopher Hibbert, The Sunday Times
`Comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in 18th-century England.” – British Book News
` … the author has been assiduous in his research and produced an absorbing and alarming study of a society in disarray.’ – Peter Parker, The Listener
About the Author
Frank McLynn
