Format:
Book
Author(s):
Fields, Rick
Keyword(s):
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Soldiers -- Conduct of life.
Krieger
Soziale Stellung
Ethik
Geschichte.
Year:
1991
Pages:
xi, 339 p.
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Publisher location:
New York, NY
Accession number:
23692680
Label:
Box 132
Notes:
ill. ; 25 cm.
The first people: warriors before war -- A deadly balance: the invention of the warrior -- The warrior-kings of Sumer -- The warrior's dilemma: the Indo-Europeans -- The bed of arrows: the Aryans from Arjuna to Asoka -- The Taoist solution -- Every open hand a sword: the martial arts in China -- In shining armor: of knights and chivalry -- The life-giving sword: the Samurai and Bushido -- A good day to die: Crazy Horse and the Sioux warrior -- The lone warrior: the American mission -- The woman warrior -- The warrior and the businessperson -- Bringing the warriors down to earth.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rick Fields.
Book
Language:
English
Call number:
LC: U22; Dewey: 172/.42
ISBN:
ISBN: 0060550600; 9780060550608; 006096605X (pbk.); 9780060966058 (pbk.) LCCN: 90-55986
Edition:
1st
Abstract:
Illustrates the enduring power and significance of the function of the warrior in society.