| Description |
xvi, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
I. Preparing for War -- 1. From War Paint to Tiger Suits -- 2. From Boomerangs to Bastions -- 3. Educating Warriors -- 4. Games of War -- II. In War and Battle -- 5. Opening Gambits -- 6. The Joy of Combat -- 7. The Rules of War -- 8. Ending War -- III. Commemorating War -- 9. History and War -- 10. Literature and War -- 11. Art and War -- 12. Monuments to War -- IV. A World Without War? -- 13. A Short History of Peace -- 14. The Waning of Major War -- 15. Beyond the Pale -- 16. Quo Vadis, Homo? -- V. Contrasts -- 17. The Wild Horde -- 18. The Soulless Machine -- 19. Men Without Chests -- 20. Feminism -- Conclusions: The Great Paradox |
| Summary |
"A respected scholar of military history and an expert on strategy, Martin van Creveld recently explored the modern world's shifting method of combat in The Changing Face of War. Now, in The Culture of War, he argues that there is much more to war than just soldiers killing one another for whatever reason." "Through the ages, the culture of war has usually been highly esteemed. Not so in today's advanced countries, which tend either to mock it ("Military intelligence is to intelligence what military music is to music") or to denounce it as "militaristic." This provocative book, the first of its kind, sets out to show how wrongheaded, and even dangerous, such attitudes are. The Culture of War argues that men and women today, contrary to the hopes of some, are just as fascinated by war as they have been in the past. A military that has lost touch with the culture of war is doomed not merely to defeat but to disintegration." |
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"Innovative, authoritative, and riveting, The Culture of War is a major work by one of the world's greatest and most insightful military historians."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-466) and index |
| Subject |
Sociology, Military.
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War.
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Military art and science -- History.
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| LC no. |
2008025740 |
| ISBN |
9780345505408 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0345505409 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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