Examines three great military campaigns — Epaminondas against Sparta, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Patton's drive across France — to argue that democratic armies fighting to liberate oppressed peoples achieve unmatched ferocity and moral purpose.
Advances the thesis that democracy produces the most effective and morally motivated armies when fighting for liberation; connects Greek, Civil War, and WWII military history through a unified philosophical framework.
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