Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Bracing for Combat

Previous Consideration

Defining Exemplar: Mantinea, 418 B.C.E.

Auditory Dimensions

Encouraging Directions

Summary

2. Indoctrination

Recruits All

Fraternal Standing in Plutarch’s Spartan Mother

Fraternal Standing in Shakespeare’s Henry V

Ethos Matters: George C. Scott’s Patton

Bill Murray’s Parody in Stripes

Summary

3. Tensions

Managing Reputation: George Washington versus Daniel Morgan

Managing Distance at Second Manassas and San Juan Heights

Managing Violence in the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts

Managing Love: Julius Caesar and the Tenth Legion

Summary

4. Evolutions

Eisenhower on D-Day

Ridgway’s Turn

Slide into Oblivion

Return Transformed: Schwarzkopf and Franks

Differences by Combat Arm

Summary

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index