Heroism and the Changing Character of War: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Toward Post-Heroic Warfare?....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Heroism and the Nation during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the Age of Military Reform in Europe....Pages 21-32
‘On the Altar of the Nation’: Narratives of Heroic Sacrifice in the American Civil War....Pages 33-46
‘Heroic’ Warfare and the Problem of Mass Armies: France 1871–1914....Pages 47-63
Heroism and Self-Sacrifice for the Nation? Wars of National Liberation....Pages 64-75
War against Evil: The Second World War....Pages 76-92
Mass Armies and the Cold War: Institutional Post-Heroism?....Pages 93-107
Heroism and Self-Sacrifice: The Vietnam War as a Case in Point....Pages 108-119
The Dilemma of Cosmopolitan Soldiering....Pages 120-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Provocations on Policymakers, Casualty Aversion and Post-Heroic Warfare....Pages 145-161
‘Casualty Aversion’: Media, Society and Public Opinion....Pages 162-187
Questioning the Post-Heroic Warfare Logic: Private Contractors, Casualty Sensitivity and Public Support for War in the United States....Pages 188-202
Redefining Stand-off Warfare: Modern Efforts and Implications....Pages 203-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Cohesion: Heroic and Post-Heroic Combat....Pages 221-236
Inspirational, Aspirational and Operational Heroes: Recruitment, Terror and Heroic Conflict from the Perspective of Armed Groups....Pages 237-250
Suicide Bombers: Victims, Heroes or Martyrs?....Pages 251-267
The War Within: Moral Injury and Guilt....Pages 268-285
The Democratic Warrior and the Emergence of World-Order Conflicts....Pages 286-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Citizenship, Masculinity and Mental Health in the First World War....Pages 305-323
Why Soldiers Don’t Fight....Pages 324-333
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Remembering the Heroes of Australia’s Wars: From Heroic to Post-Heroic Memory....Pages 334-348
Public Ritual and Remembrance: Beyond the Nation-State?....Pages 349-366
Back Matter....Pages 367-376