An intimate history of killing : face-to-face killing in twentieth-century warfare / Joanna Bourke.

"The characteristic act of men at war is killing, not dying, Joanna Bourke argues. For politicians, military strategists and many historians, war may be about the conquest of territory or the struggle to recover a sense of national honor, but for the man on active service warfare is a sanctione...

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Main Author: Bourke, Joanna.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Basic Books, [1999]
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Call Number: U22.3 .B68 1999
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