Religion on the battlefield
This book focuses on the everyday practice of religion in a military context: the prayers, rituals, fasts, and feasts of the religious practitioners who make up the bulk of the adversaries in, bystanders to, and observers of armed conflicts. To show that religious practices have influenced battlefie...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, N.Y.
Cornell University Press
2016
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| Summary: | This book focuses on the everyday practice of religion in a military context: the prayers, rituals, fasts, and feasts of the religious practitioners who make up the bulk of the adversaries in, bystanders to, and observers of armed conflicts. To show that religious practices have influenced battlefield decision making, Hassner draws most of his examples from major wars involving Western militaries. |
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| Physical Description: | 222 pages illustrations, tables 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801451078 (hardback) 9780801451072 (hardback) |