This study presents the first examination of the influence of
ideas of honour on the causes, conduct and ending of wars from
Ancient Greece to the present day.
Paul Robinson begins with a theoretical examination of the
concept of honour, to clearly explain the many contradictions and
tensions inherent within honour systems. He then shows how honour
has often contradictory and paradoxical effects on the conduct of
war and illustrates this through seven case studies: Classical
Greece; Ancient Rome; mediaeval Chivalry; Elizabethan England; the
American Civil War; the British Empire; and the Western world after
World War II (including the Vietnam War and the current conflict in
Iraq).
Key topics covered include:
- honour and virtue
- honour and the causes of war
- honour as a motivation for fighting
- honours and rewards
- death and honour
- honour and the conduct of war
- honour and the enemy
- honour and the ending of wars
- women and honour
This book reveals that the often contradictory behaviour of
soldiers during war is a product of the contradictions inherent in
the concept of honour.
This book will be of great interest to all students of military
ethics, military history, politics, international relations,
anthropology, sociology, philosophy and the history of ideas.
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