A Cultural History of War
Published on 20. February 2025
Book
978-1-350-05256-7 (ISBN)
Description
What role has war played in the historical and contemporary formation of societies across the globe? How have different classes and communities been impacted, and how have different civilisations over the last 2,500 years commemorated and remembered war?
Applying their expertise to a theme throughout history, 54 experts answer these ambitious questions in the first authoritative survey of the subject from antiquity to the present day. Incorporating perspectives from history, politics, literature, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology, they look at how war has emerged out of different social and political climates around the world.
Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. - Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. - Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. -Renaissance (1450 - 1650) ; 4. - Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. - Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. - Modern Age (1920 - 2000+).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: class, race and gender; immigration and integration; religion; environment; culture of war: high and popular; civil war and ethnic cleansing; confidence game: intelligence, deception, and subterfuge; ritual, commemoration, and memory.
The page extent is approximately 1,728 pp with c. 240 illustrations. Each volume opens with notes on contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with notes, bibliography and an index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of War is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see https://www.bloomsburyhistory.com/bloomsbury-cultural-history).
Applying their expertise to a theme throughout history, 54 experts answer these ambitious questions in the first authoritative survey of the subject from antiquity to the present day. Incorporating perspectives from history, politics, literature, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology, they look at how war has emerged out of different social and political climates around the world.
Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. - Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. - Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. -Renaissance (1450 - 1650) ; 4. - Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. - Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. - Modern Age (1920 - 2000+).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: class, race and gender; immigration and integration; religion; environment; culture of war: high and popular; civil war and ethnic cleansing; confidence game: intelligence, deception, and subterfuge; ritual, commemoration, and memory.
The page extent is approximately 1,728 pp with c. 240 illustrations. Each volume opens with notes on contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with notes, bibliography and an index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of War is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see https://www.bloomsburyhistory.com/bloomsbury-cultural-history).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
240 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 100 mm
Weight
3740 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-05256-7 (9781350052567)
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Persons
Mary Kathryn Barbier is Professor of History at Mississippi State University, USA. She is the author of several books, including Spies, Lies, and Citizenship: The Hunt for Nazi Criminals (2017), D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion (2009) and Kursk 1943: The Greatest Tank Battle Ever Fought (2002). She is also the co-editor of America and the Vietnam War (2010; with Andrew Wiest and Glenn Robins), Culture, Power, and Security: New Directions in the History of National and International Security (2012; with Richard V. Damms) and the War in History journal.
Dennis Showalter was Professor Emeritus of History at Colorado College, USA. He is the author of several books, including Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk, The Turning Point of World War II (2013), Patton and Rommel: Men Of War in the Twentieth Century (2005) and Tannenberg: Clash of Empires 1914 (1991), which won the American Historical Association's Paul M. Birdsall Prize. He was the Founding Editor of the War in History journal and Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies Online: Military History. Professor Showalter was also President of the Society for Military History between 1997 and 2000.
Dennis Showalter was Professor Emeritus of History at Colorado College, USA. He is the author of several books, including Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk, The Turning Point of World War II (2013), Patton and Rommel: Men Of War in the Twentieth Century (2005) and Tannenberg: Clash of Empires 1914 (1991), which won the American Historical Association's Paul M. Birdsall Prize. He was the Founding Editor of the War in History journal and Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies Online: Military History. Professor Showalter was also President of the Society for Military History between 1997 and 2000.
Content
Volume 1: A Cultural History of War in Antiquity
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction. Gregory Viggiano, Sacred Heart University, USA
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Kathy L. Gaca, Vanderbilt University, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, Jason Harris, Vanderbilt University, USA
3. Religion, Julietta Steinhauser, University College London, UK
4. Environment, J.R. Morgan and J.G. Manning, Yale University, USA
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Matthew Sears, University of New Brunswick, Canada
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Tristan Taylor, University of New England, Australia
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Jason Crowley, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Andrew Wolpert, University of Florida, USA
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 2: A Cultural History of War in the Medieval Age
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Clifford J. Rogers, United States Military Academy, West Point, USA
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Clifford J. Rogers, United States Military Academy, West Point, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, John France, Swansea University, UK
3. Religion, Philippe Buc, University of Leiden, Netherlands
4. Environment, John Aberth, Independent Scholar
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Samuel A. Claussen, California Lutheran University, USA
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Matthew Strickland, University of Glasgow, UK
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, David Whetham, King's College London, UK
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Philip Morgan, Independent Scholar
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 3: A Cultural History of War in the Renaissance
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Kaushik Roy
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Andrew de la Garza, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, Kaushik Roy, Jadavpur University, India
3. Religion, Gregory M. Reichberg, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
4. Environment, Dagomar DeGroot, Georgetown University, USA
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Brian Sandberg, Northern Illinois University, USA
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, William Urban, Monmouth College USA
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Michael W. Charney, Independent Scholar
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Ian Atherton, Keele University, UK
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 4: A Cultural History of War in the Age of Enlightenment
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Katrin and Sascha Moebius
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Matthew McCormack, University of Northampton, UK
2. Immigration and Integration, Judith Ridner, Mississippi State University, USA
3. Religion, Manuel Moreno Alonso, University of Seville, Spain
4. Environment, Martin Knoll, University of Salzburg, Austria
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Ulrich Theobald, Tuebingen University, Germany
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Zhou Yuan, Toyo University, Japan
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Manuel Reyes Garcia Hurtado, University of A Coruna, Spain
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Jan Angstrom & Peter Halden, Swedish Defence University, Sweden
NOTES
REFERENCES
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 5: A Cultural History of War in the Age of Empire
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Corey Reigel
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Verity Gay McInnis Texas A&M University, USA and Bridget Keown, University of Pittsburgh, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, Andrew Jarboe, Berklee College of Music, USA
3. Religion, Tom Dowling, Independent Scholar, USA
4. Environment, Joseph P. Hupy, Purdue University, USA
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Hannu Salmi, University of Turku, Finland
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Khatchig Mouradian, Columbia University, USA
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, James Streckfuss, University of Cincinnati, USA
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, John Mosier, Loyola University New Orleans, USA
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 6: A Cultural History of War in the Modern Age
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Cindy Brown and Lisa M. Todd, University of New Brunswick, Canada
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Julia S. Torrie, St. Thomas University, Canada
2. Immigration and Integration, Joy Damousi, Australian Catholic University, Australia
3. Religion, William Gould, University of Leeds, UK
4. Environment, Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia, Canada
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Cindy Brown and Lisa M. Todd, University of New Brunswick, Canada
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Andrew Orr, Kansas State University, USA
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Kristian Gustafson, Brunel University, UK
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Cecilia Morgan, University of Toronto, Canada
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction. Gregory Viggiano, Sacred Heart University, USA
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Kathy L. Gaca, Vanderbilt University, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, Jason Harris, Vanderbilt University, USA
3. Religion, Julietta Steinhauser, University College London, UK
4. Environment, J.R. Morgan and J.G. Manning, Yale University, USA
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Matthew Sears, University of New Brunswick, Canada
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Tristan Taylor, University of New England, Australia
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Jason Crowley, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Andrew Wolpert, University of Florida, USA
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 2: A Cultural History of War in the Medieval Age
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Clifford J. Rogers, United States Military Academy, West Point, USA
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Clifford J. Rogers, United States Military Academy, West Point, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, John France, Swansea University, UK
3. Religion, Philippe Buc, University of Leiden, Netherlands
4. Environment, John Aberth, Independent Scholar
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Samuel A. Claussen, California Lutheran University, USA
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Matthew Strickland, University of Glasgow, UK
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, David Whetham, King's College London, UK
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Philip Morgan, Independent Scholar
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 3: A Cultural History of War in the Renaissance
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Kaushik Roy
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Andrew de la Garza, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, Kaushik Roy, Jadavpur University, India
3. Religion, Gregory M. Reichberg, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
4. Environment, Dagomar DeGroot, Georgetown University, USA
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Brian Sandberg, Northern Illinois University, USA
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, William Urban, Monmouth College USA
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Michael W. Charney, Independent Scholar
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Ian Atherton, Keele University, UK
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 4: A Cultural History of War in the Age of Enlightenment
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Katrin and Sascha Moebius
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Matthew McCormack, University of Northampton, UK
2. Immigration and Integration, Judith Ridner, Mississippi State University, USA
3. Religion, Manuel Moreno Alonso, University of Seville, Spain
4. Environment, Martin Knoll, University of Salzburg, Austria
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Ulrich Theobald, Tuebingen University, Germany
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Zhou Yuan, Toyo University, Japan
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Manuel Reyes Garcia Hurtado, University of A Coruna, Spain
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Jan Angstrom & Peter Halden, Swedish Defence University, Sweden
NOTES
REFERENCES
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 5: A Cultural History of War in the Age of Empire
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Corey Reigel
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Verity Gay McInnis Texas A&M University, USA and Bridget Keown, University of Pittsburgh, USA
2. Immigration and Integration, Andrew Jarboe, Berklee College of Music, USA
3. Religion, Tom Dowling, Independent Scholar, USA
4. Environment, Joseph P. Hupy, Purdue University, USA
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Hannu Salmi, University of Turku, Finland
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Khatchig Mouradian, Columbia University, USA
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, James Streckfuss, University of Cincinnati, USA
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, John Mosier, Loyola University New Orleans, USA
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
Volume 6: A Cultural History of War in the Modern Age
Illustrations
General Editors' Preface, Mary Kathryn Barbier and Dennis Showalter
Introduction, Cindy Brown and Lisa M. Todd, University of New Brunswick, Canada
1. Class, Race, and Gender, Julia S. Torrie, St. Thomas University, Canada
2. Immigration and Integration, Joy Damousi, Australian Catholic University, Australia
3. Religion, William Gould, University of Leeds, UK
4. Environment, Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia, Canada
5. Culture of War: High and Popular, Cindy Brown and Lisa M. Todd, University of New Brunswick, Canada
6. Civil War and Ethnic Cleansing, Andrew Orr, Kansas State University, USA
7. Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge, Kristian Gustafson, Brunel University, UK
8. Ritual, Commemoration, and Memory, Cecilia Morgan, University of Toronto, Canada
NOTES
FURTHER READING
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX