Rising up and rising down /
Vollmann, William T.
San Francisco, Calif. : McSweeney's Books,
c2003.
Contents taken from the cover of each vol.
v. 1. [Three meditations on death ; Introduction: the days of the Niblungs ; Definitions for lonely atoms] -- v. 2. [Justifications. Defense of honor ; Defense of class ; Defense of authority ; Defense of race and culture ; Defense of creed] -- v. 3. [Justifications. Defense of war aims ; Defense of homeland ; Defense of ground ; Defense of the earth ; Defense of animals ; Defense of gender ; Defense against traitors ; Defense of revolution] -- v. 4. [Justifications. Deterrence, retribution and revenge ; Punishment ; Loyalty, compulsion and fear ; Sadism and expediency ; Sadism, masochism and pleasure ; Moral yellowness ; Inevitability : Evaluations. Four safeguards ; Remember the victim] -- v. 5. [ Studies in consequences. Southeast Asia ; Europe ; Africa] -- v. 6. [Studies in consequences. The Muslim world ; North America ; South America ; Perception and irrationality] -- v. MC. [Annotated contents ; The moral calculus ; Index of moral actors ; Annexes ; Sources cited].
Violence.
War
History, Modern
Death.