The Nephite Art of War

In these days of increasing “wars and rumors of wars” a book showing how the Nephites coped with war is both timely and useful.
This book rests on the assumption that the Book of Mormon is a historical document proceeding from a specific time and place. It is not a history in the modern sense. Hugh Nibley wrote that one of the most popular forms of literature in 600 BC was the biography. The intent was to show one had lived righteously and done his duty to God and his fellow man. It wasn’t, ...