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082 0 4 _a355.02019
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100 1 _aHolmes, Richard,
_d1946-2011.
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqbpFP8htbvBfrk3c9qwC
245 1 0 _aActs of war :
_bthe behaviour of men in battle /
_cRichard Holmes.
260 _aLondon :
_bWeidenfeld & Nicolson,
_c2003.
300 _a448 p :
_bill ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tStart Line --
_g2.
_tMysterious Fraternity --
_g3.
_tThe Painful Field --
_g4.
_tEpitome of War --
_g5.
_tPale Battalions --
_g6.
_tThe Real Enemy --
_g7.
_tCompetion, Diffidence and Glory --
_g8.
_tPrecarious Valour --
_g9.
_tI Am the Enemy --
_g10.
_tA Peaceful World.
520 _aThis ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the humiliation of basic training and the intense comradeship of army life, to the terror, isolation and exhaustion of battle. What does it feel like to be in the firing line? How does killing change a man? And what do the extreme conditions of war reveal about a man's basic instincts, his courage or his fear, his urge for self-preservation or self-sacrifice? Covering several centuries of warfare, and including the personal recollections of veterans from two World Wars, from Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Richard Holmes gives us a powerful picture of what motivates the soldier and enables him to maintain the struggle in conditions of extreme degradation and danger.
650 0 _aSoldiers
_xPsychology.
650 0 _aWar
_xPsychological aspects.
650 7 _aSoldiers
_xPsychology.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01125290
650 7 _aWar
_xPsychological aspects.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01170363
758 _ihas work:
_aFiring line (Text)
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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