WAR: ANTIQUITY AND ITS LEGACY
Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67295
English Summary/英文概要： Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote "we chased seven and killed them.. the thousand of us." In all parts of the world, and in all civilizations, the history of warfare, as well as the ironic humour of those who fight and die, can be traced back to the earliest records. But the vocabulary of modern warfare - army, military, strategy, tactics - derives from Greek and Latin, while metaphors of conflict similarly evoke ancient times. Such expressions and phrases as "Live by the sword and die by the sword", "Pyrrhic victory", and "arms and the man" are commonplace, and all come from the classical age. Wilfred Owen, famous soldier of the Great War, could write the bitter line "the old lie: Dulce et decorum est/pro patria mori" while expecting his readers to understand both Latin and allusion. Combining astute analysis of the logistics of conflict with the ethics of war, and drawing on a diverse range of cultural texts (from the Iliad to Hugo Grotius and von Clausewitz), Alfred S Bradford draws fascinating parallels between warfare and battle in ancient and modern societies.
He shows that despite huge differences in weaponry and firepower, the basic principles of warfare have remained unchanged over thousands of years. War in the modern age is persistently illuminated by antiquity.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 2600多年前帕罗斯岛的诗人阿尔齐洛科斯（古希腊抒情诗人）Archilochus写道“我们率众追逐了七个敌兵并杀了他们…。“在世界的所有地区，和在所有文明中，战争的历史，以及以反语幽默讥讽战争追逐场面，可以从人类最为早期的记录中有章可循。 但现代战争-军队，军事，战略，战术的词汇，全源自希腊语和拉丁语，而对于人类冲突的隐喻可以让我们回想起远古时期。 对于这类战争的表述和词汇诸如“生死随剑”， “惨胜尤败”，以及“男人和武器”是最为普遍的用词，这些所有的词汇皆来自那经典的战争年代。 维尔浮莱德•欧文，大战中的著名战士，留下了这句带有苦涩意味的语句“为祖国捐躯的甜美与光荣,不过是古老的谎言。"，当时他是希望读者能了解这句拉丁语的寓意。作者巧妙地结合了冲突中后勤补给的矛盾与和战争的道德底线，借鉴了不同的范围的文献自恋(从伊利亚特到古典自然法学派主要代表之一胡果•格老秀斯 Hugo Grotius和《战争论》的作者卡尔•冯•克劳塞维茨 Von Clausewitz)， 本书的作者Alfred S Bradford描述了古老和现代战争之间的相似之处。
他展示了尽管在武器装备和火力上的巨大的区别，战争的基本原理却一直亘古未变。 而现代战争也是上战场一种延续。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Alfred S Bradfor是奥克拉荷马大学古代史的教授。他是《箭，长矛和剑：古代战争史》和《挥动的黑旗：海盗简史》的作者。Alfred S Bradford is John Saxon Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of With Arrow, Sword and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World (2000) and Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy (2007).
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