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Enduring Military Boredom

From 1750 to the Present

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Bård Mæland

    1. School of Mission and Theology, Norway

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  2. Paul Otto Brunstad

    1. Norwegian Defence, Norway

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Enduring Military Boredom

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 1-8

  3. Boredom in Military History

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 9-65

  4. Navigating against the Wind of Entropy

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 66-77

  5. Bored in Afghanistan?

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 78-109

  6. Voyage Boredom

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 110-143

  7. Submarine Boredom

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 144-173

  8. Enduring Boredom — But How?

    • Bård Mæland, Paul Otto Brunstad
    Pages 174-185

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 186-207
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About this book

It is often said that war is 5% horror and 95% boredom. In this sense, military boredom is historically enduring as well as personally enduring for the soldiers who have to endure it. This book contributes to a deeper understanding – historically, empirically and theoretically – of the complex phenomenon of boredom in a military context.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Mission and Theology, Norway

    Bård Mæland

  • Norwegian Defence, Norway

    Paul Otto Brunstad

About the authors

BÅRD MÆLAND is Professor of Systematic Theology at the School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger, Norway, and is founding editor of the Journal of Military Ethics. He worked for many years as a chaplain and researcher at the Norwegian Military Academy, and also served with the Norwegian UN battalion in South Lebanon. In 2004 he published a book on the morality of young Norwegian officers serving in Kosovo, Wounded Idealism.
 
PAUL OTTO BRUNSTAD serves as a researcher to the Chaplaincy, Norwegian Defence. He was previously Associate Professor at the Norwegian Teachers Academy and then an instructor and chaplain to the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. He has published two previous books: Melancholy of Victory and Prudent Leadership between Vices and Virtues.

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