{"product_id":"beasts-of-war-lawrence-a-tritle-9781964295145","title":"Beasts of War: The Story of \"Us\" Humans","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor millennia, poets and philosophers from East to West have given voice to war's realities. Many have conceived war as a ravenous Beast. Storytellers from Aesop to those of the Indian \u003cem\u003ePanchatantra\u003c\/em\u003e have chosen animals to convey the multitude of human emotions and experiences. George Orwell's \u003cem\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/em\u003e is just one example that comes to mind. Whether they are dogs, elephants, or lions, animals have long served the human imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study transcends conventional accounts of war, namely tales of famous battles, amazing heroes, and victorious generals. Instead, it offers a comprehensive guide to war including topics often pushed into the shadows: Art, Leadership, Monuments, Women. Celebrated epics such as the Homeric poems share the limelight with the impassioned poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon of Great War fame. Historical accounts that have shaped war stories, from the Greek historian Thucydides to modern successors like John Keegan, complement these literary creations. Other writers add flavor. J.R.R. Tolkien and Kurt Vonnegut envelope war in fantasy; David Diop blends trauma and mythology in a tale of Senegalese trench-cleaners on the First World War's Western Front. Art and cinema provide vivid descriptions, adding depth to these literary and imaginative vistas of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrative and descriptive accounts have long spoken of war but have often left it, as it were, missing in action. Recent advances in the sciences such as biopsychology and medical technology have broadened the impact of this familiar body of material. Such work sheds new light on the human condition, namely how physiological responses to violence have shaped and reshaped individuals and so societies and cultures. What emerges from this investigation is not just a fresh look at the writing of war in history, but a new paradigm that explains its long-term effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence a. Tritle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1964295149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964295145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walton Well Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d","brand":"Lawrence a. Tritle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001933242623,"sku":"9781964295145","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beasts-of-war-lawrence-a-tritle-9781964295145","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}