The Great Adventure - Male Desire and the Coming of World War I

In 1914 Europe descended into a slaughter unlike anything that had been seen before. Yet, far from seeing the conflict as a tragedy, many men welcomed it as a healthy development for society, a relief from peace. The Great Adventure explores the intellectual trends that made war seem a natural and high expression of social values. This is not a book about the specific causes of World War I, but a study of the mood in which it could take place.

What the book uncovers is a complex of deeply ingrained attitudes about manhood, sex, power, maturity, boredom, and war that defined a culture in which war came to be seen as a positive option. Although the book focuses on attitudes in Great Britain and the United States of nearly a century ago, it makes a remarkably contemporary statement about men, women, and the culture of war., reviewing a previous edition or volume

Product details

• Authors: Michael C. Adams
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1990
• EAN: 9780253301369
• ISBN: 978-0-253-30136-9
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 433 g
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous