How do societies handle their war dead, and what is their attitude to the bodies of their enemies? In the 19th century, battlefield casualties were pushed into mass graves, their identities remaining unknown. Today, the war dead are held in much higher regard, their identities crucial. A historical study of the way in which war and death intersect, War Dead describes the complex attitude societies have taken towards death. Seduced by the concept of eternal youth, tempted to fight death as well as physical decay, and faced with longer life expectancy, we indulge in the hope of war without loss of life, but doesn't our expectation of "zero death" mean more deaths for the enemy?
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This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. -- Ana Carden-Coyne The International History Review The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. -- Mark Hatlie,University of Maryland University College on H-War H-Net It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. -- Thomas M. Hawley, Eastern Washington University American Historical Review This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century.
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Luc Capdevila is lecturer in contemporary history, University of Rennes.
Daniéle Voldman is director of research, Institut d'histoire du temps présent.
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Death is the ultimate possibility for soldiers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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First World War, Second World War, United States, Great War, Grande Guerre, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Civil War, Annette Becker, World Wars, The American Way, Remembering War, Kurt Piehler, Henry Dunant, Odile Jacob, Chaco War, Armand Colin, Red Cross, Première Guerre, Crimean War, Souvenir Français, Michael Richards, Buenos Aires, Andrée Viollis, Les Juifs de France, Michael Herr Browse Sample Pages:
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Death is the ultimate possibility for soldiers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mourn them properly, deux conflits mondiaux, enemy corpses, communal graves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, Second World War, United States, Great War, Grande Guerre, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, Civil War, Annette Becker, World Wars, The American Way, Remembering War, Kurt Piehler, Henry Dunant, Odile Jacob, Chaco War, Armand Colin, Red Cross, Première Guerre, Crimean War, Souvenir Français, Michael Richards, Buenos Aires, Andrée Viollis, Les Juifs de France, Michael Herr Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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