
War and Animals
Non-Human Actors in Human Made Conflict
Frank Jacob(Editor)
Brill Deutschland GmbH (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 305 pages
978-3-506-79475-8 (ISBN)
Description
Animals were often an essential part of wars and conflict experiences, either as military resource, as logistical element, or as comrade and friend of the human troops. How animals actually shaped human wars and these experiences is discussed in detail in this volume. It shows which roles different animals (horses, camels, dogs, reindeer etc.) played throughout martial human history and how this role is remembered or commemorated until today. The authors of the volume not only focus on the use of animals, but also on the human-animal relations that were established and shaped by a shared war experience. The scope of the book is chronologically broad, ranging from ancient to modern time periods, as well as geographically global. All contributions intend to broaden our understanding of the role animals played throughout our own violent past and the history of human made conflicts.
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Series
Edition
2025
Language
English
Place of publication
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill | Schöningh
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
28
10 s/w Abbildungen, 5 farbige Abbildungen, 2 s/w Zeichnungen, 11 s/w Tabellen
15 farbige Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-506-79475-8 (9783506794758)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Frank Jacob is Professor for Global History (19th and 20th centuries) at Nord Universitet, Bodø, Norway. His main fields of research include military history as well as Modern German and Modern Japanese History. Jacob is a chief-editor of the series "War (Hi) Stories".