03624cam a2200529 a 4500 ocm31206090 OCoLC 20240424075323.0 940912s1994 enk b 001 0 eng 94024475 GB9502527 bnb GB95-2527 1857530551 AU@ 000011198702 DEBBG BV010112020 GEBAY 2348337 HEBIS 034909273 NZ1 4687733 YDXCP 1224392 (OCoLC)31206090 (OCoLC)32089391 (OCoLC)963306853 (OCoLC)1167486202 (OCoLC)1173675630 (OCoLC)1421275082 DLC eng DLC UKM BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP BTN GEBAY DEBBG BDX OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCL UEJ OCLCQ OCLCO CN5CF HUELT OCLCQ OCLCA LUN MM9 OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCL OCLCQ CB481 .C67 Coker, Christopher. War and the 20th century : a study of war and modern consciousness / Christopher Coker. War and the twentieth century 1st English ed. London ; Washington : Brassey's, 1994. viii, 304 p ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-300) and index. 1. 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. "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. Also issued online. 1900-1999 fast Geschichte 1900-1994 swd Geschichte 1900-1993 swd War and civilization History 20th century. War and civilization. fast (OCoLC)fst01170426 Wars History History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 has work: War and the 20th century (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCXBBf33HgDG7hXVy3DRYfq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Online version: Coker, Christopher. War and the 20th century. 1st English ed. London ; Washington : Brassey's, 1994 (OCoLC)624472274 lcc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 256 OTHER HOLDINGS 95 95 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-04-24 0 CB481 .C67 2024-0076 2024-04-24 07:54:38 2024-04-24 BK