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The Ultimate Experience

Battlefield Revelations and the Making of Modern War Culture, 1450-2000

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Introduction: War as Revelation, 1865–2000

  2. The Supremacy of Mind: 1450–1740

  3. The Revolt of the Body: 1740–1865

  4. Conclusions: The Things Which Make You Know, 1865–2000

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For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.

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'Like a good detective story, Harari presents us with facts and clues which seem to lead towards one conclusion, only to puncture our certainties. This is a book of exraordinary wit, erudition, and range.' - Professor Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College, University of London

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Yuval Noah Harari

About the author

YUVAL NOAH HARARI  is a military historian specializing in the study of war experience and war culture. He lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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