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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453503703321

Autore

Ben-Yehuda Nachman

Titolo

Atrocity, deviance, and submarine warfare : norms and practices during the world wars / / Nachman Ben-Yehuda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013]

ISBN

0-472-02932-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Configurations : critical studies of world politics

Disciplina

940.4/51

Soggetti

Submarine warfare - History

Atrocities

Deviant behavior

War and society

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Challenging cultural cores and symbolic-moral universes -- Developing submarines -- Wars, culture, and unrestricted submarine warfare -- Attempting to curb escalating brutalities and some illustrations -- Development of submarine warfare in two world wars -- Pigboat warfare: acts of extreme deviance -- Concluding discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

In an era of changing ethics, the submarine has inaugurated a new type of unrestricted naval warfare