Fighting identity
Subtitle: sacred war and world change
By: Michael Vlahos.
Series: Changing face of war
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780313348457
Subjects: Strategic culture -- United States; War -- Religious aspects; National characteristics, American; War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Military relations -- Middle East; United States -- Foreign public opinion, Muslim
Description: "This work is about how deeply war is intertwined in what it means to be human - in belonging and in collective identity, in the shared rituals of society, in the ongoing negotiation that represents relationships between societies everywhere. Vlahos examines that idea in chapters that explore the following eight themes."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.