The Warrior Ethos Author: Steven Pressfield | Language: English | ISBN:
B004S7JHY6 | Format: PDF
The Warrior Ethos Description
WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T
We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in. Do we fight by a code? If so, what is it? What is the Warrior Ethos? Where did it come from? What form does it take today? How do we (and how can we) use it and be true to it in our internal and external lives?
The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs and other warriors in other walks of life. The book examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness." It goes back to the ancient Spartans and Athenians, to Caesar's Romans, Alexander's Macedonians and the Persians of Cyrus the Great (not excluding the Garden of Eden and the primitive hunting band). Sources include Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, Xenophon, Vegetius, Arrian and Curtius--and on down to Gen. George Patton, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan.
- File Size: 232 KB
- Print Length: 112 pages
- Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC (March 14, 2011)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004S7JHY6
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,849 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
There is a code of conduct, a set of principles, that all those who call themselves Warriors should rightly follow. It is based on honor, sacrifice and discipline. It has been a part of the collective unconscious for thousands of years. Though it is not merely a code for war, it can be used in a number of ways in our daily lives. This is 'The Warrior Ethos', by author Steven Pressfield.
I will start by saying that I'm a really big fan of Steven Pressfield. His book 'Gates of Fire' is still probably my favorite historical fiction novel ever. It was a beautiful account of the last stand of the three hundred Spartans that died fighting the army of the Persian king, Xerxes. If you haven't read that book I strongly advise you to read it. If you hadn't heard of the three hundred Spartans, slap your history teacher. Pressfield does an excellent job in capturing the feel of the time, and he does an equally admirable job in his other Greek-centered novel, 'Tides of War', this centered on the Athenian-Spartan conflict.
That being said this is the first non-fiction book I've read from the author, and it's fair to say I'm probably not the target reader of this book. It is first and foremost directed at the men and women serving in the military around the world. It provides lessons that transcend the military world, but there is a clear impression that if you've never been on a battlefield you might be missing some of these book's points. Yet since I believe quite a large portion of Pressfield's following isn't in the military, but in the average history lover like myself, this review still serves a purpose.
And when it comes to the quality of the book, it is clearly lacking.
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