| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-466) and index. |
| Contents |
PREPARING FOR WAR: From war paint to tiger suits -- From boomerangs to bastions -- Educating warriors -- Games of war -- IN WAR AND BATTLE: Opening gambits -- The joy of combat -- The rules of war -- Ending war -- COMMEMORATING WAR: History and war -- Literature and war -- Art and war -- Monuments to war -- A WORLD WITHOUT WAR? A short history of peace -- The waning of major war -- Beyond the pale -- Quo vadis, homo? -- CONTRASTS: The wild horde -- The soulless machine -- Men without chests -- Feminism -- Conclusions: The great paradox. |
| Subject |
Sociology, Military.
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War.
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Military art and science -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780345505408 hardback alkaline paper |
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0345505409 hardback alkaline paper |
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