An Intimate History of Killing Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare
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- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Perseus Books Group
- Publish date: 10/01/2000
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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, being a soldier means being -- or becoming -- an efficient killer. 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 these men and women then readjust to civilian life? Bourke concludes that the structure of war encourages pleasure in killing and that perfectly ordinary, gentle human beings can, and often do, become enthusiastic killers without being brutalized.
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