The Code of the Warrior
Subtitle: Exploring Warrior Values Past & Present
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: April 25, 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, MD; Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780847697564
Subjects: Customs; Social groups & communities; Social history; Warfare & Defence; Soldiers; Military - General; History; History - Military / War; Military; History / Military / General; Military art and science; Sociology, Military
Table of contents: title: Foreword / John McCain; title: Why warriors need a code; title: The Homeric hero : a Hector who wins?; title: The two faces of Rome : stoicism and hedonism; title: Vikings : vengeance, Valkyries, and Valhalla; title: "Never to do outrageousity nor murder" : the world of Malory's Morte Darthur / Felicia Ackerman; title: Native Americans : warriors of the sacred plains; title: Chinese warrior monks : the martial artists of Shaolin; title: The soul of the Samurai : duty, devotion, and death; title: The warrior's code today : are terrorists warriors?; title: About the author