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Heroism and the changing character of war : = toward post-heroic warfare? /

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Title/Author:	Heroism and the changing character of war :/ edited by Sibylle Scheipers.
Reminder of title:	toward post-heroic warfare? /
other author:	Scheipers, Sibylle,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Heroes. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137362537
ISBN:	1137362537 (electronic bk.)

Heroism and the changing character of war : = toward post-heroic warfare? /
Heroism and the changing character of war :toward post-heroic warfare? /edited by Sibylle Scheipers. - 1 online resource.

Introduction: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?; Sibylle Scheipers -- 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; Thomas Hippler -- 2.'On the Altar of the Nation': Narratives of Heroic Sacrifice in the American Civil War; Adam Smith -- 3.'Heroic' Warfare and the Problem of Mass Armies, France 1871-1914; Hew Strachan -- 4.Heroism and Self-Sacrifice for the Nation? Wars of National Liberation; Rob Johnson -- 5.War against Evil: The Second World War; Peter Schrijvers -- 6.Mass Armies and the Cold War: Institutional Post-Heroism?; Ingo Trauschweizer -- 7.Heroism and Self-Sacrifice: The Vietnam War as a Case in Point; Bernd Greiner -- 8.The Dilemma of Cosmopolitan Soldiering; Cheyney Ryan -- PART II: CASUALTY AVERSION -- 9.Provocations on Policymakers, Casualty Aversion, and Post-Heroic Warfare; Peter D. Feaver and Charles Miller -- 10. 'Casualty Aversion': Media, Society, and Public Opinion; Susan Carruthers -- 11. Questioning the Post-Heroic Warfare Logic: Private Contractors, Casualty Sensitivity and Public Support for War in the United States; Deborah Avant -- 12. Redefining Standoff Warfare: Modern Efforts and Implications; Antulio J. Echevarria II -- PART III: COMBAT MOTIVATION -- 13. Cohesion: Heroic and Post-Heroic Combat; Anthony King -- 14. Inspirational, Aspirational, and Operational Heroes: Recruitment, Terror, and Heroic Conflict from the Perspective of Armed Groups; Andrea Dew -- 15. Suicide Bombers: Victims, Heroes or Martyrs?; Rashmi Singh -- 16. The War Within: Moral Injury and Guilt; Nancy Sherman -- 17. The Democratic Warrior and the Emergence of World Order Conflicts; Andreas Herberg-Rothe -- PART IV: FROM HEROES TO VICTIMS? -- 18. Citizenship, Masculinity and Mental Health in the First World War; Peter Barham -- 19. Why Soldiers Don't Fight; Simon Wessely -- 20. Remembering the Heroes of Australia's Wars: From Heroic to Post-Heroic Memory; Joan Beaumont -- 21. Public Ritual and Remembrance: Beyond the Nation State?; John Hutchinson.

Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war. Large parts of the contemporary strategic discourse rest on the assumption that war today is no longer fuelled by heroic motivations, and does not produce any popular public heroes, particularly in western democracies. Willingness to kill or die for the cause of one's socio-political community appears to be either a phenomenon of an historical stage that western states have long left behind, or an indicator of nationalistic or religious fanaticism. This is what has been described as the 'post-heroic condition' of 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.

ISBN: 1137362537 (electronic bk.)

Source: 700016Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

1007546
Heroes.
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554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HM554

Dewey Class. No.: 303.6

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