Heroism and the Changing Character of War [electronic resource] : Toward Post-Heroic Warfare? /
Scheipers, S.editor.
Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war, a phenomenon prevalent in western societies. According to this view, demographic and cultural changes in the west have severely decreased the tolerance for casualties in war. This edited volume provides a critical examination of this idea.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?; Part I: Heroism and Self-Sacrifice What For?; 1 Heroism and the Nation during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the Age of Military Reform in Europe; 2 'On the Altar of the Nation': Narratives of Heroic Sacrifice in the American Civil War; 3 'Heroic' Warfare and the Problem of Mass Armies: France 1871-1914; 4 Heroism and Self-Sacrifice for the Nation? Wars of National Liberation; 5 War against Evil: The Second World War
6 Mass Armies and the Cold War: Institutional Post-Heroism?7 Heroism and Self-Sacrifice: The Vietnam War as a Case in Point; 8 The Dilemma of Cosmopolitan Soldiering; Part II: Casualty Aversion; 9 Provocations on Policymakers, Casualty Aversion and Post-Heroic Warfare; 10 'Casualty Aversion': Media, Society and Public Opinion; 11 Questioning the Post-Heroic Warfare Logic: Private Contractors, Casualty Sensitivity and Public Support for War in the United States; 12 Redefining Stand-off Warfare: Modern Efforts and Implications; Part III: Combat Motivation
13 Cohesion: Heroic and Post-Heroic Combat14 Inspirational, Aspirational and Operational Heroes: Recruitment, Terror and Heroic Conflict from the Perspective of Armed Groups; 15 Suicide Bombers: Victims, Heroes or Martyrs?; 16 The War Within: Moral Injury and Guilt; 17 The Democratic Warrior and the Emergence of World-Order Conflicts; Part IV: From Heroes to Victims?; 18 Citizenship, Masculinity and Mental Health in the First World War; 19 Why Soldiers Don't Fight; 20 Remembering the Heroes of Australia's Wars: From Heroic to Post-Heroic Memory
21 Public Ritual and Remembrance: Beyond the Nation-State?Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war, a phenomenon prevalent in western societies. According to this view, demographic and cultural changes in the west have severely decreased the tolerance for casualties in war. This edited volume provides a critical examination of this idea.
Military history.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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History of World War II and the Holocaust.
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