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.