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From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#270832
Titel	From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
Auteur	Braudy, Leo
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, Alfred A. Knopf
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	0679450351
ISBN13	9780679450351
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout time. In this magisterial excursion through literature, history, warfare, and sociology, one of our most prominent scholars tracks the complex relationship between the changing methods and goals of warfare and shifting models of manhood. This journey takes us from the citizen soldiers of ancient Greece to the medieval knights to the misogynistic terrorists of Al Qaeda. As he chronicles these transformations, Leo Braudy weighs the significance of everything from weapon technology to the hairstyles favored during different eras. He offers fresh insights on codes of war and codes of racial purity, and on cultural and historical figures from Socr... (Lees verder)ates to Don Quixote to Napoleon to Custer to Rambo. Epic in scope and free of academic jargon, From Chivalry to Terrorism is a masterwork of scholarship that is both accessible and breathtakingly ambitious.
Pagina's	611
Conditie	Goed — Name and number on endpaper.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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