Military Orientalism - Eastern War Through Western Eyes

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Porter is Lecturer in History at the Dept. of Defence Studies, King's College, University of London. Klappentext Do non-Westerners approach strategy, combat, or death in ways intrinsically different from their Eastern neighbours? This book argues that viewing culture as a script that dictates warfare is wrong, and that our obsession with the exotic can make it harder, not easier, to know the enemy.Narrates history of war sites with descriptions of the important battle sites, museums, and reenactments.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Porter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199333424
• ISBN: 978-0-19-933342-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Critical War Studies (Unnumber; Critical War Studies (Unnumber
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, History - General History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science