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In 1914 Europe descended into a slaughter unlike anything that had beenseen before. Yet, far from seeing the conflict as a tragedy, many men welcomed it asa healthy development for society, a relief from peace. The Great Adventure exploresthe intellectual trends that made war seem a natural and high expression of socialvalues. This is not a book about the specific causes of World War I, but a study ofthe mood in which it could take place. Wha...

Presents a stark portrait of the human costs of the Civil War and gives readers a more accurate appreciation of its profound and lasting consequences. This title examines the sharp contrast between the expectations of recruits versus the realities of communal living, the enormous problems of dirt and exposure, poor diet, malnutrition, and disease.

Was World War II really such a ¿good war¿? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, ¿the best war ever.¿ After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were fighting for. The war was good for the economy. It was liberating for women. A battle of tanks and airplanes, it was a ¿cleaner¿ war than World War I. Although we did not seek the conflict - or so we believed - Americans nevertheless rallied in support of the war effor...

Surrounding the war with an aura of nostalgia both fosters the delusion that war can cure our social ills and makes us strong again, and weakens confidence in our ability to act effectively in our own time."-Journal of Military History

A unique look at how a thousand years of military history are remembered in popular culture, through images ranging from the medieval knight to the horror of U.S. involvement in the My Lai massacre. Americans are often accused of not appreciating history, but this charge belies the real popular interest in the past. Historical reenactments draw thousands of spectators, popular histories fill the bestseller lists, PBS, A&E, and The History Chan...