Wayne Lee's account of rapacity aud restraint in warfare captures the reader while offering profound insight. His revealing case studies come from the English-speaking world of the aisteenth through nineteenth centuries, but the lessons he drawe from them should be taken to heart by historians studying any region or epoch, Lee establishes that the severity of troope on campaign-their frightfalness, in his terminology-reflected their own sense of identity, the degree to which they perceived their enemy as alien or similar barbarians or brothers—and the moral limits or license regarded as appropriate in dealing with such adversaries. Lee's argument emphasizes the cultural contexts of warfare and the need to study it from the bottom up, as something consistent with the conseience of the rank and file, not simply as something commanded by the officers who led them." -JOHN A. LYNN, Northwestern Univereity

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