An Intimate History Of Killing: Face-To-Face Killing In Twentieth-Century Warfare - Joanna Bourke - Books - Granta Books - 9781862073210 - March 6, 2000
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An Intimate History Of Killing: Face-To-Face Killing In Twentieth-Century Warfare


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Using letters, diaries, memoirs and reports of veterans from three conflicts, this book aims to establish a picture of the man-at-arms, concluding that war encourages pleasure in killing and turns ordinary people into enthusiastic killers without becoming 'brutalized'.


576 pages, 8pp b&w photographs

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 6, 2000
ISBN13 9781862073210
Publishers Granta Books
Pages 576
Dimensions 128 × 198 × 33 mm   ·   400 g

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