Cathal J Nolan: Mercy | Buch

Cover: 9780190077280 | Mercy | Humanity in War | Cathal J Nolan | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch

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Beschreibung

In The Merciful Warrior, author Cathal J. Nolan compiles and analyzes acts of mercy and decency in war, drawing upon centuries of military history and dozens of wars to challenge nationalist myths, the usual heroic fabrications, and all claims to exclusive or unilateral moral virtue.

Über den Autor

Cathal J. Nolan is the author of The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost, for which he received both the Gilder Lehrman Prize in Military History and the first Distinguished Book Award from War on the Rocks. Nolan's other works include a two-volume Concise History of World War II; Wars of the Age of Louis XIV; a two-volume study of The Age of the Wars of Religion; a study of Principled Diplomacy, and several edited books in ethics in international affairs and international and military history. He is Professor of History at Boston University, a Progress Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a Fellow of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue

Part I Culture

Decency

Heroes

Movies

Killers

Part II Combat

Trenches

Forests

Dissent

Truces

Part III Protected

Medics

Prisoners

Civilians

Part IV Technology

Wood and Sail

Steel and Stealth

War in the Air

Conclusion

Works Cited

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780190077280
ISBN-10:	019007728X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Nolan, Cathal J
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	237 x 158 x 29 mm
Von/Mit:	Cathal J Nolan
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.12.2022
Gewicht:	0,524 kg