A warring nation : honor, race, and humiliation in America and abroad / Bertram Wyatt-Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, 1932-2012.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and society--United States--History.

War and society.

Race--Social aspects--United States.

Race.

Honor--Social aspects--United States.

Honor.

Humiliation--Social aspects--United States.

Humiliation.

United States--History, Military.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia ; London, England : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

He then goes on to explore these themes within a wide range of military and political contexts, from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm, providing new insights on how honor drove decision making during many defining events in our history that continue to reverberate in the American mind.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE SLAVES' HONOR; WHITE MALE HONOR, SHAME, AND SHAMELESSNESS IN THE OLD SOUTH; AMERICA'S ANTEBELLUM WARS, 1776-1848; HONOR, HUMILIATION, AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; RECONSTRUCTION; AMERICA AS WORLD POWER, 1898-1918; HONOR, RACE, AND HUMILIATION IN WORLD WAR II AND KOREA; HONOR AND SHAME IN VIETNAM AND IRAQ; CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813934754

0813934753

OCLC:

873929086