Empire of Chance

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, European General, Military
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Author: Anders Engberg-Pedersen ISBN: 9780674425439
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: March 10, 2015
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Anders Engberg-Pedersen
ISBN: 9780674425439
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: March 10, 2015
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English
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Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative—a prism for understanding the modern world.

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Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative—a prism for understanding the modern world.

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