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Author : Anton Treuer
Release : 2015
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 632/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Warrior Nation by : Anton Treuer
Download or read book Warrior Nation written by Anton Treuer. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By fending off repeated assaults on their land and governance, the Ojibwe people of Red Lake have retained cultural identity and maintained traditional ways of life.
Author : Ian McKay
Release : 2012
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 776/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Warrior Nation by : Ian McKay
Download or read book Warrior Nation written by Ian McKay. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the ominous campaign to change a nation's definition of itself
Author : Michael Paris
Release : 2000
Genre : Boys as soldiers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 788/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Warrior Nation by : Michael Paris
Download or read book Warrior Nation written by Michael Paris. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War has always been close to the centre of British culture, but never more so than in the period since 1850. Warrior Nation explores the way in which images of battle, both literary and visual, have been constructed in British fiction and popular culture since this time. The rise of war reporting has helped to shape a society fascinated by conflict, and the development of mass communications has aided in the creation of mass-produced martial heroes and the relation of epic adventures for political ends. To achieve national goals, the notion of war has been promoted as an activity of high adventure and chivalrous enterprise and as a rite of passage to manhood. Using a wide range of media, Michael Paris focuses on how war has been "sold" to boys and young men and examines the "warrior" as a masculine ideal.
Author : Philip Matyszak
Release : 2017-03-31
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 661/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation by : Philip Matyszak
Download or read book Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation written by Philip Matyszak. This book was released on 2017-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural history of Ancient Sparta chronicles the rise of its legendary military power and offers revealing insight into the people behind the myths. The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts. We might admire their physical toughness, but Spartans also systematically abused their children. They gave rights to female citizens that were unmatched in Europe until the modern era, meanwhile subjecting their conquered subject peoples to a murderous reign of terror. Though idealized by the Athenian contemporaries of Socrates, Sparta was almost devoid of intellectual achievement. In this revealing history of Spartan society, Philip Matyszak chronicles the rise of the city from a Peloponnesian village to the military superpower of Greece. Above all, Matyszak investigates the role of the Spartan hoplite, the archetypal Greek warrior who was feared throughout Greece in his own day and has since become a legend. The reader is shown the man behind the myth; who he was, who he thought he was, and the environment which produced him.
Author : Ian McKay
Release : 2012-05-26
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 008/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Warrior Nation by : Ian McKay
Download or read book Warrior Nation written by Ian McKay. This book was released on 2012-05-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once known for peacekeeping, Canada is becoming a militarized nation whose apostles—-the New Warriors-—are fighting to shift public opinion. New Warrior zealots seek to transform postwar Canada’s central myth-symbols. Peaceable kingdom. Just society. Multicultural tolerance. Reasoned public debate. Their replacements? A warrior nation. Authoritarian leadership. Permanent political polarization. The tales cast a vivid light on a story that is crucial to Canada’s future; yet they are also compelling history. Swashbuckling marauder William Stairs, the Royal Military College graduate who helped make the Congo safe for European pillage. Vimy Ridge veteran and Second World War general Tommy Burns, leader of the UN’s first big peacekeeping operation, a soldier who would come to call imperialism the monster of the age. Governor General John Buchan, a concentration camp developer and race theorist who is exalted in the Harper government’s new Citizenship Guide. And that uniquely Canadian paradox, Lester Pearson. Warrior Nation is an essential read for those concerned by the relentless effort to conscript Canadian history.
