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The Great Adventure on Hardback by Michael C. Adams
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The Great Adventure

Male Desire and the Coming of World War I
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In 1914 Europe descended into a slaughter unlike anything that had been seen before. Yet, far from seeing the conflict as a tragedy, many men welcomed it as a healthy development for society, a relief from peace. The Great Adventure explores the intellectual trends that made war seem a natural and high expression of social values. This is not a book about the specific causes of World War I, but a study of the mood in which it could take place. What the book uncovers is a complex of deeply ingrained attitudes about manhood, sex, power, maturity, boredom, and war that defined a culture in which war came to be seen as a positive option. Although the book focuses on attitudes in Great Britain and the United States of nearly a century ago, it makes a remarkably contemporary statement about men, women, and the culture of war.
Release date Australia
November 22nd, 1990
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
188
Dimensions
155x241x17
ISBN-13
9780253301369
Product ID
5318661

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