Religion on the battlefield / Ron E. Hassner.
2016
BL65.W2 H38 2016eb
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Title
Religion on the battlefield / Ron E. Hassner.
ISBN
9781501703690 (electronic book)
1501703692 (electronic book)
9780801451072
0801451078
1501703692 (electronic book)
9780801451072
0801451078
Published
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (222 pages)
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BL65.W2 H38 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
201/.7273
Summary
"How does religion shape the modern battlefield? Ron E. Hassner proposes that religion acts as a force multiplier, both enabling and constraining military operations. This is true not only for religiously radicalized fighters but also for professional soldiers. In the last century, religion has influenced modern militaries in the timing of attacks, the selection of targets for assault, the zeal with which units execute their mission, and the ability of individual soldiers to face the challenge of war. Religious ideas have not provided the reasons why conventional militaries fight, but religious practices have influenced their ability to do so effectively. In Religion on the Battlefield, Hassner focuses on the everyday practice of religion in a military context: the prayers, rituals, fasts, and feasts of the religious practitioners who make up the bulk of the adversaries in, bystanders to, and observers of armed conflicts. To show that religious practices have influenced battlefield decision making, Hassner draws most of his examples from major wars involving Western militaries. They include British soldiers in the trenches of World War I, U.S. pilots in World War II, and U.S. Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hassner shows that even modern, rational, and bureaucratized military organizations have taken--and must take--religious practice into account in the conduct of war"-- Publisher's Web site.
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Table of Contents
Why? : religion as a cause of war
When? : sacred time and war
Where? : sacred space and war
Who? : sacred leaders and war
How? : sacred rituals and war
Religion on the battlefield in Iraq, 2003-09.
When? : sacred time and war
Where? : sacred space and war
Who? : sacred leaders and war
How? : sacred rituals and war
Religion on the battlefield in Iraq, 2003-09.