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Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war, a phenomenon prevalent in 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.
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?
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Heroism and Self-Sacrifice What For?
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Casualty Aversion
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Editors and Affiliations
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Deborah Avant, University of Denver, USA
Peter Barham, Oxford University, UK
Joan Beaumont, Australian National University
Susan Carruthers, Rutgers University, USA
Andrea Dew, US Naval War College
Antulio J. Echevarria, US Army War College
Peter D. Feaver, Duke University, USA
Bernd Greiner, Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, Germany
Andreas Herberg-Rothe, University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany
Thomas Hippler, Oxford University, USA
John Hutchinson, London School of Economics, UK
Rob Johnson, Oxford University, UK
Anthony King, Exeter University, UK
Cheyney Ryan, University of Oregon, USA
Peter Schrijvers, University of New South Wales, Australia
Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University, USA
Rashmi Singh, University of St Andrews, UK
Adam Smith, University College London, UK
Sir Hew Strachan, All Souls College, Oxford, UK
Ingo Trauschweizer, Ohio University, USA
Sir Simon Wessely, King's College London, UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heroism and the Changing Character of War
Book Subtitle: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?
Editors: Sibylle Scheipers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137362537
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-36252-0Published: 28 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47270-3Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36253-7Published: 01 April 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 376
Topics: History of Military, World History, Global and Transnational History, Cultural History, Social History, History of World War II and the Holocaust, Modern History