Few of us spend much time thinking about courage, but we know it
when we see it--or do we? Is it best displayed by marching into
danger, making the charge, or by resisting, enduring without
complaint? Is it physical or moral, or both? Is it fearless, or
does it involve subduing fear? Abner Small, a Civil War soldier,
was puzzled by what he called the "mystery of bravery"; to him,
courage and cowardice seemed strangely divorced from character and
will. It is this mystery, just as puzzling in our day, that William
Ian Miller unravels in this engrossing meditation. Miller culls
sources as varied as soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic
literature, and philosophical discussions to get to the heart of
courage--and to expose its role in generating the central anxieties
of masculinity and manhood. He probes the link between courage and
fear, and explores the connection between bravery and seemingly
related states: rashness, stubbornness, madness, cruelty, fury;
pride and fear of disgrace; and the authority and experience that
minimize fear. By turns witty and moving, inquisitive and critical,
his inquiry takes us from ancient Greece to medieval Europe, to the
American Civil War, to the Great War and Vietnam, with sidetrips to
the schoolyard, the bedroom, and the restaurant. Whether consulting
Aristotle or private soldiers, Miller elicits consistently
compelling insights into a condition as endlessly interesting as it
is elusive.
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