num_pages: 576
description: It is almost universally accepted among writers on warfare that battle is a terrible experience, and that men who fight are at the very least sobered, and often deeply traumatized, by the horrors of combat. Bourke uses the letters, diaries, memoirs and reports of veterans from three conflicts - World War I, World War II and
language: English
title: An Intimate History of Killing : Face-To-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare
titlecomplete: An Intimate History of Killing : Face-To-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare
genres: Military Fiction, History, Psychology, World War II, War, Death, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 190
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Fraenkel Prize of the Wiener Library, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Wolfson History Prize
publisher: Granta