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Heroism and the Changing Character of War

Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?

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  1. Sibylle Scheipers

    1. University of St Andrews, UK

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?

    1. Introduction: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?

      • Sibylle Scheipers
      Pages 1-18

  3. Heroism and Self-Sacrifice What For?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Heroism and the Nation during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the Age of Military Reform in Europe

      • Thomas Hippler
      Pages 21-32

    3. ‘On the Altar of the Nation’: Narratives of Heroic Sacrifice in the American Civil War

      • Adam I. P. Smith
      Pages 33-46

    4. ‘Heroic’ Warfare and the Problem of Mass Armies: France 1871–1914

      • Hew Strachan
      Pages 47-63

    5. Heroism and Self-Sacrifice for the Nation? Wars of National Liberation

      • Rob Johnson
      Pages 64-75

    6. War against Evil: The Second World War

      • Peter Schrijvers
      Pages 76-92

    7. Mass Armies and the Cold War: Institutional Post-Heroism?

      • Ingo Trauschweizer
      Pages 93-107

    8. Heroism and Self-Sacrifice: The Vietnam War as a Case in Point

      • Bernd Greiner
      Pages 108-119

    9. The Dilemma of Cosmopolitan Soldiering

      • Cheyney Ryan
      Pages 120-141
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About this book

Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war, a phenomenon prevalent in western societies. According to this view, demographic and cultural changes in the west have severely decreased the tolerance for casualties in war. This edited volume provides a critical examination of this idea.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of St Andrews, UK

    Sibylle Scheipers

About the editor

Deborah Avant, University of Denver, USA Peter Barham, Oxford University, UK Joan Beaumont, Australian National University Susan Carruthers, Rutgers University, USA Andrea Dew, US Naval War College Antulio J. Echevarria, US Army War College Peter D. Feaver, Duke University, USA Bernd Greiner, Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, Germany Andreas Herberg-Rothe, University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany Thomas Hippler, Oxford University, USA John Hutchinson, London School of Economics, UK Rob Johnson, Oxford University, UK Anthony King, Exeter University, UK Cheyney Ryan, University of Oregon, USA Peter Schrijvers, University of New South Wales, Australia Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University, USA Rashmi Singh, University of St Andrews, UK Adam Smith, University College London, UK Sir Hew Strachan, All Souls College, Oxford, UK Ingo Trauschweizer, Ohio University, USA Sir Simon Wessely, King's College London, UK

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