Life, death, and the western way of war / Lorenzo Zambernardi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zambernardi, Lorenzo, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Casualty aversion (Military science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

'Life, Death, and the Western Way of War' traces when and how western soldiers - once regarded as simple fighting tools - became the far less expendable beings that we know today. In Kant's terms, the study traces the process through which soldiers have been turned from mere military means into ends in themselves. The book argues that such a major transformation is largely the result of a shift in the social meaning ascribed to soldiers' death. It suggests that looking at death can somehow provide a privileged angle to understanding the value that societies attach to life. The narrative emerging from the empirical evidence will show that the story of attitudes towards soldiers' death is the story of a gradual, increasing process of individualization in the social meaning attached to human loss in war.

Contents:

cover

Titlepage

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

1 Combat, Body Disposal, and War Memory

2 Bare Death

3 Sacrificial Death

4 Irrecoverable Death

5 Epilogue: The Further Erosion of Western Military Power

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zambernardi, Lorenzo Life, Death, and the Western Way of War

ISBN:

0-19-194907-8

0-19-267403-X