UID:
edocfu_9959234884802883
Format:
1 online resource (360p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-26613-7
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0-674-04105-4
Content:
This volume utilises soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyse the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Preface 1. Introduction: The Good Coward 2. Aristodemus, or Cowardice Redeemed 3. Tim O'Brien and Laches 4. Courageous Disposition 5. Courage and Scarcity 6. "I Have a Wife and Pigs" 7. Shoot the Stragglers and the Problem of Retreat 8. Offense, Defense, and Rescue 9. Man the Chicken 10. Praised Be Rashness 11. Stupidity, Skill, and Shame 12. The Shape and Style of Courage 13. The Emotional Terrain: Fear, Hope, Despair 14. The Emotional Terrain: Disgust, Anger, Relief 15. Courage and Chastity 16. Moral Courage and Civility 17. Fixing to Die: A Valediction 18. Concluding Postscript Notes Bibliography Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-00307-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-00826-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674041059
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