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The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare - Achilles Goes Asymmetrical (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare - Achilles Goes Asymmetrical (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Military and Defence Ethics
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When it comes to thinking about war and warriors, first there was
Achilles, and then the rest followed. The choice of the term
warrior is an important one for this discussion. While there has
been extensive discussion on what counts as military
professionalism, that is what makes a soldier, sailor or other
military personnel a professional, the warrior archetype (varied
for the various roles and service branches) still holds sway in the
military self-conception, rooted as it is in the more existential
notions of war, honor and meaning. In this volume, Kaurin uses
Achilles as a touch stone for discussing the warrior, military
ethics and the aspects of contemporary warfare that go by the name
of 'asymmetrical war.' The title of the book cuts two ways-Achilles
as a warrior archetype to help us think through the moral
implications and challenges posed by asymmetrical warfare, but also
as an archetype of our adversaries to help us think about
asymmetric opponents.
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