Military Honour and the Conduct of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Military Honour and the Conduct of War write by Paul Robinson. This book was released on 2006-07-28. Military Honour and the Conduct of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study presents the first examination of the influence of ideas of honour on the causes, conduct and ending of wars from Ancient Greece to the present day. Paul Robinson begins with a theoretical examination of the concept of honour, to clearly explain the many contradictions and tensions inherent within honour systems. He then shows how honour has often contradictory and paradoxical effects on the conduct of war and illustrates this through seven case studies: Classical Greece; Ancient Rome; mediaeval Chivalry; Elizabethan England; the American Civil War; the British Empire; and the Western world after World War II (including the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq). Key topics covered include: honour and virtue honour and the causes of war honour as a motivation for fighting honours and rewards death and honour honour and the conduct of war honour and the enemy honour and the ending of wars women and honour This book reveals that the often contradictory behaviour of soldiers during war is a product of the contradictions inherent in the concept of honour. This book will be of great interest to all students of military ethics, military history, politics, international relations, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and the history of ideas.
Military Honour and the Conduct of War
Military Honour and the Conduct of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Military Honour and the Conduct of War write by Paul Robinson. This book was released on 2006-07-28. Military Honour and the Conduct of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyses the influences of ideas of honour on the causes, conduct, and endings of wars from Ancient Greece through to the present-day war in Iraq.
The Gentlemen and the Roughs
The Gentlemen and the Roughs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gentlemen and the Roughs write by Lorien Foote. This book was released on 2010-06-01. The Gentlemen and the Roughs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A seminal work” on class divisions within the Union Army—“One of the best examples of . . . scholarship on the social history of Civil War soldiers” (The Journal of Southern History). During the Civil War, the Union army appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against the Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below the surface of the North’s presumably united front. Internal fissures were rife within the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideological differences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army from quelling the Southern rebellion. In this highly original contribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internal battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of manliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthy officers (“gentlemen”) found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of fighters (“roughs”)—a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Based on extensive research into previously ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncovers holes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the society that produced them. Finalist for the 2011 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
A Moral Military
A Moral Military - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Moral Military write by Sidney Axinn. This book was released on 2009. A Moral Military available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this new edition of the classic book on the moral conduct of war, Sidney Axinn provides a full-length treatment of the military conventions from a philosophical point of view. Axinn considers these basic ethical questions within the context of the laws of warfare: Should a good soldier ever disobey a direct military order? Are there restrictions on how we fight a war? What is meant by “military honor,” and does it really affect the contemporary soldier? Is human dignity possible under battlefield conditions? Axinn answers “yes” to these questions. His objective in A Moral Military is to establish a basic framework for moral military action and to assist in analyzing military professional ethics. He argues for the seriousness of the concept of military honor but limits honorable military activity by a strict interpretation of the notion of war crime. With revisions and expansions throughout, including a new chapter on torture, A Moral Military is an essential guide on the nature of war during a time when the limits of acceptable behavior are being stretched in new directions.
Peace with Honour
Peace with Honour - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peace with Honour write by Alan A. Milne. This book was released on 1972. Peace with Honour available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
