01930nam 2200457 450 991079844540332120230808194203.00-7618-6791-0(CKB)3710000000749785(EBL)4592481(MiAaPQ)EBC4592481(EXLCZ)99371000000074978520160811h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMartial metaphors soldiers' perspectives on the civil war /Joseph Allan FrankLanham, Maryland :University Press of America, Inc.,2016.©20161 online resource (380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-6790-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Homeric Call to Arms; 2 Road to Thermopylae; 3 Chaotic Absurdity; 4 Conspiracy; 5 War as a Career Opportunity; 6 Melodramatic Messianism, Punishment and Retribution; 7 Revolutionary War; 8 Sophoclean Tragedy; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book invites the reader to embark with the soldiers and civilians on their journey into the murderous events of the Civil War. Drawing on letters, diaries, recent books and articles in history, and multidisciplinary sources, it places the events in a broader perspective.SoldiersUnited StatesHistory19th centuryExcavations (Archaeology)United StatesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865SoldiersHistoryExcavations (Archaeology)973.742Frank Joseph Allan1512509MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798445403321Martial metaphors3746424UNINA