Dying for France: Experiencing and Representing the Soldier's Death, 1500-2000 Volume 87

by Ian Germani

In the past century Western attitudes toward the soldier's death have undergone a remarkable transformation. Widely accepted at the time of the First World War - when nearly ten million soldiers died in uniform - as a redemptive sacrifice on behalf of the nation, the soldier's death is increasingly regarded as an unacceptable tragedy. In Dying for France Ian Germani considers this transformation in the context of the history of France over the expanse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228016355
• ISBN13: 9780228016359
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"