An Intimate History Of Killing: Face-To-Face Killing In Twentieth-Century Warfare
Publishing Details
An Intimate History Of Killing: Face-To-Face Killing In Twentieth-Century Warfare
By (Author) Joanna Bourke
Granta Books
Granta Books
6th March 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Violence and abuse in society
Social theory
History: specific events and topics
Violence, intolerance and persecution in history
303.66
Short-listed for WH Smith Annual Literary Award 2000
Physical Properties
576
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 33mm
400g
Description
Using letters, diaries, memoirs and testimony from soldiers in the First and Second World Wars and Vietnam, Joanna Bourke suggests that the structure of war encourages pleasure in killing, and that ordinary human beings can become enthusiastic killers without becoming 'brutalized'. 'The implications of Bourke's book are profound.' Scotland on Sunday 'This is an important but deeply disturbing book.' Mail on Sunday 'Compulsively readable.' Guardian 'An extraordinary tour de force.' TES
Author Bio
Joanna Bourke is Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. An Intimate History of Killing was awarded the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History 1998.
