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The Ultimate Experience

Battlefield Revelations and the Making of Modern War Culture, 1450-2000

by Yuval Noah Harari · 2008 · 386 pages

About This Book

Yuval Noah Harari traces the cultural history of war experience from 1450 to 2000, focusing on how combat became viewed as a form of secular revelation. The study examines military memoirs to show how Enlightenment and Romantic ideals transformed the perception of the battlefield into a source of personal truth and identity.

Book Details

Published

2008

Pages

386

Language

en

ISBN

9780230536920

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