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Author Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, 1932-2012

Title A warring nation : honor, race, and humiliation in America and abroad / Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014
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Contents African American male slaves' honor : lost and regained in war -- White male honor, shame, and shamelessness in the Old South -- America's antebellum wars, 1776-1848 : rationale and conduct -- Honor, humiliation, and the American Civil War -- Reconstruction : southern white humiliation and revenge for defeat -- America as world power, 1898-1918 : honor, race, and humiliation -- Honor, race, and humiliation in World War II and Korea -- Honor and shame in Vietnam and Iraq
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject War and society -- United States -- History
Race -- Social aspects -- United States
Honor -- Social aspects -- United States
Humiliation -- Social aspects -- United States
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Honor -- Social aspects
Race -- Social aspects
War and society
Ehre
Erniedrigung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Krieg
Militär
Scham
SUBJECT United States -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140338
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813934754
0813934753