An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare. Joanna Bourke

An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare



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Publisher: Basic Books
Page: 552
ISBN: 9780465007387


The characteristic act of men at war is not dying, but killing. Politicians and military historians may gloss over human slaughter, emphasizing the defense of national honor, but for men in active service, warfare means being - or becoming - efficient killers. In An Intimate History of Killing, historian Joanna Bourke asks: What are the social and psychological dynamics of becoming the best ”citizen soldiers?” What kind of men become the best killers? How do they readjust to civilian life?These questions are answered in this groundbreaking new work that won, while still in manuscript, the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History. Excerpting from letters, diaries, memoirs, and ...

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