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Wounding the World: How Military Violence and War-Play Invade our Lives

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Wounding the World: How Military Violence and War-Play Invade our Lives
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Professor Joanna Bourke
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 124,Width 196
ISBN/Barcode 9780349004341
ClassificationsDewey:303.66
Audience
General
Illustrations 20 b/w images integrated

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publication Date 2 July 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Wars are frequently justified 'in our name'. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertaining us at the movies or in front of game consoles. Our taxes pay for those war machines. Our loved ones are killed and maimed. With killing now an integral part of the entertainment industry in video games and Hollywood films, war has become mainstream. With the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, has come a deluge of books, documentaries, feature films and radio programmes. We will hear a great deal about the horror of the battlefield. Bourke acknowledges wider truths: war is unending and violence is deeply entrenched in our society. But it doesn't have to be this way. This book equips readers with an understanding of the history, culture and politics of warfare in order to interrogate and resist an increasingly violent world.

Author Biography

Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize.