TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schofield,Rodney
TI  - Issues of war
SN  - 9789996060595
AV  - JZ6392 .S365 2018
U1  - 261.873 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Baltimore, Maryland
PB  - Project Muse
KW  - War
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - War in literature
KW  - War in art
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Guerre
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Guerre dans la littérature
KW  - Guerre dans l'art
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - The pity of war -- War in the Hebrew tradition -- Christian thinking about war -- Propaganda and dissent
N2  - Whereas Victorian optimists imagined that armed conflict would gradually disappear as the world continued to head for universal peace and prosperity, the 20th century wiped out any such illusions. These reflections mark the centenary of WW1, whose true horrors gradually unfolded despite official attempts at censorship. "The pity of war" is first examined through the eyes of artists and poets, before turning to an overview of how thinking about the conduct and morality of war developed down the centuries. Are there still lessons to be learnt? - read on in the final chapter
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