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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

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Great Adventure
• Author: Michael Adams
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 188
• EAN: 9780253301369
• ISBN: 025330136X
• ID: 04871194
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 433 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. October 1990

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