03323cam a2200421 a 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036010001700077015001900094015001400113020001500127035011200142040018600254050001600440100002400456245009400480246003400574250002000608260004600628300002500674336002600699337002800725338002700753504006700780505039100847520110101238530002402339648002002363648003002383648003002413650004902443650005202492653001802544655003902562758015802601776014202759ocm31206090 OCoLC20240424075323.0940912s1994    enk      b    001 0 eng    a   94024475   aGB95025272bnb  aGB95-2527  a1857530551  a(OCoLC)31206090z(OCoLC)32089391z(OCoLC)963306853z(OCoLC)1167486202z(OCoLC)1173675630z(OCoLC)1421275082  aDLCbengcDLCdUKMdBAKERdNLGGCdBTCTAdYDXCPdBTNdGEBAYdDEBBGdBDXdOCLCOdOCLCFdOCLCQdOCLdUEJdOCLCQdOCLCOdCN5CFdHUELTdOCLCQdOCLCAdLUNdMM9dOCLCQdOCLCOdOCLCLdOCLCQ00aCB481b.C671 aCoker, Christopher.10aWar and the 20th century :ba study of war and modern consciousness /cChristopher Coker.3 aWar and the twentieth century  a1st English ed.  aLondon ;aWashington :bBrassey's,c1994.  aviii, 304 p ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 262-300) and index.0 a1. War and the 20th Century -- 2. On Consciousness and Modernity in Modern War -- 3. War and the Human Condition -- 4. War and the Meaning of History -- 5. War and the Futility of History -- 6. 20th Century War and the Aesthetic Imagination -- 7. Waiting for the End of the World -- 8. Savage Wars of Peace: The West Encounters the Non-Western World -- 9. Not the End of the World News.1 a"War has been the defining theme of the 20th century. It has dominated our imagination; it has influenced our political language; it has shaped and determined our view of history. This study sets out to look at the modern consciousness and war in terms of a number of themes: our view of the 20th century; our understanding of modernity; our attitude to the meaning or meaninglessness of history; our trust or distrust of science; our psychological presuppositions. Towards the end of the book the author also looks at the often tragic nature of the encounter between the western and non-western worlds." "Throughout the study the discussion is anchored to several seminal themes or works drawn from a wide spectrum of American and European authors in the fields of literature and philosophy." "Western culture has been deeply influenced - both consciously and unconsciously by its experience of conflict, in particular the two World Wars and the Cold War that followed them. This study illustrates why, in the course of the 20th century, war became the accredited theme of modern life."--Jacket.  aAlso issued online. 7a1900-19992fast 7aGeschichte 1900-19942swd 7aGeschichte 1900-19932swd 0aWar and civilizationxHistoryy20th century. 7aWar and civilization.2fast0(OCoLC)fst011704260 aWarsaHistory 7aHistory.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01411628  ihas work:aWar and the 20th century (Text)1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCXBBf33HgDG7hXVy3DRYfq4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork08iOnline version:aCoker, Christopher.tWar and the 20th century.b1st English ed.dLondon ; Washington : Brassey's, 1994w(OCoLC)624472274