The Code of the Warrior: Exploring Warrior Values Past and Present - Rilegato

French, Shannon E.

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ISBN 10: 1442254904 ISBN 13: 9781442254909

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2016

Riassunto

This revised and expanded second edition of The Code of the Warrior—a book George R. Lucas has described as "groundbreaking" and "now part of the Military Ethics canon"—takes the reader on a tour of warrior cultures and their values, from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the “barbaric” Vikings and Celts, from chivalric knights to Native American tribesmen, from Chinese warrior monks pursuing enlightenment to Japanese samurai practicing death. This new edition enhances these discussions with analyses of modern-day warriors and examines the ethical dimensions of emerging military technology such as drones, cyber warfare, and bio-enhanced troops. A new chapter also addresses the Islamic warrior code, both in its historic and modern implementations. Drawing these historical traditions up to the present, this book seeks a code for the warriors of today, as they do battle in asymmetric conflicts both remotely and face-to-face against the scourge of global terrorism. This book offers a comprehensive survey of historic and modern warrior cultures for students of military history, philosophy, and ethics.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Shannon E. French is the Inamori Professor of Ethics, Director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, and a tenured member of the Philosophy Department at Case Western Reserve University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1442254904
• ISBN 13: 9781442254909
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 281
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile