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More than just war narratives of the just war and military life

This book raises questions about the just war tradition through a critical examination of its revival and by juxtaposing it with a literary phenomenology of war. Recent public debate about war has leaned heavily on a just-war tradition dating back many centuries. This book examines the recent reviva...

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Main Author: Jones, Charles A. 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2013
Series:Interventions
Subjects:
War and literature
Just war doctrine > History
War > Moral and ethical aspects
War stories > History and criticism
Military ethics > Case studies
Soldiers in literature
War in literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Not just war
  • Shakespeare's Henry V
  • Dissonant revival
  • Lawyers
  • Eclecticism
  • American doctrines
  • From tradition to formula
  • Theological foundations
  • War stories
  • Ways of war: Scott and Cooper
  • The battlefield: The Red badge of courage
  • Irregular warfare: Scapegoats of empire
  • Espionage: Mr. Standfast
  • Terrorism: The dynamiter and the secret agent
  • The professional: Colonel Blimp
  • Conscripts: Paul Berlin and Billy Pilgrim
  • Conclusion.

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