Автор: Loconte Joseph, Loconte Joe Название: A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918 ISBN: 0718091450 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780718091453 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Giving an unabashedly Christian vision of hope in a world tortured by doubt and disillusionment, the two writers created works that changed the course of literature and shaped the faith of millions---now in paperback.
Автор: Langrehr Henry, DeFelice Jim Название: Whatever It Took: An American Paratrooper`s Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II ISBN: 0063027429 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780063027428 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 19500.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom.
The idea of heroism has become thoroughly muddled today. In contemporary society, any behavior that seems distinctly difficult or unusually impressive is classified as heroic: everyone from firefighters to foster fathers to freedom fighters are our heroes. But what motivates these people to act heroically and what prevents other people from being heroes? In our culture today, what makes one sort of hero appear more heroic than another sort?
In order to answer these questions, Ari Kohen turns to classical conceptions of the hero to explain the confusion and to highlight the ways in which distinct heroic categories can be useful at different times. Untangling Heroism argues for the existence of three categories of heroism that can be traced back to the earliest Western literature - the epic poetry of Homer and the dialogues of Plato - and that are complex enough to resonate with us and assist us in thinking about heroism today. Kohen carefully examines the Homeric heroes Achilles and Odysseus and Plato's Socrates, and then compares the three to each other. He makes clear how and why it is that the other-regarding hero, Socrates, supplanted the battlefield hero, Achilles, and the suffering hero, Odysseus. Finally, he explores in detail four cases of contemporary heroism that highlight Plato's success.
Kohen states that in a post-Socratic world, we have chosen to place a premium on heroes who make other-regarding choices over self-interested ones. He argues that when humans face the fact of their mortality, they are able to think most clearly about the sort of life they want to have lived, and only in doing that does heroic action become a possibility. Kohen's careful analysis and rethinking of the heroism concept will be relevant to scholars across the disciplines of political science, philosophy, literature, and classics.
Автор: Martin William Название: Heroism of Boyhood; or What Boys Have Done ISBN: 1318557623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781318557622 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12830.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Julie Adam Название: Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama ISBN: 1349213659 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349213658 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 153720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Taking as its starting-point the `death of tragedy` debate, and focusing on the supposed disappearance from the stage of the individual tragic hero, the book views selected plays and writings on the theatre by Miller, Williams, Maxwell Anderson and O`Neill as exemplifying four versions of heroism: idealism, martyrdom, self-reflection and survival.
Название: Handbook of Heroism and Heroic Leadership ISBN: 1138915653 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138915657 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 127600.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This definitive volume explores diverse perspectives on heroism and heroic leadership by consolidating and synthesizing the field`s growing scholarship, providing new insights, and building a foundation for further developments.
Автор: Vance MR Mark Alan Название: Flight of the Forgotten: A True Story of Heroism and Betrayal ISBN: 1461166497 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461166498 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Flight of the Forgotten is the true story of one of the most closely-guarded American military secrets of all time. It is intriguing, controversial and thought-provoking. The story traverses 50 years, two generations and the realities of our physical world. The triggering event is the tragic loss of an American Eighth Air Force bomber crew in 1945 under mysterious circumstances while enroute home after the end of World War II.This loss represents a 50-year-old aviation mystery, officially "forgotten" by the United States Government. Details described and amplified within this story remain permanently "buried" inside a top-secret O.S.S. file to this day. This book is a public counter to official censorship efforts by the United States Government to have these events erased from the public record and hidden from public view. Flight of the Forgotten is a story everyone who has ever lost a loved-one should hear and it serves as a living memorial to the Jack B. Ketchum crew.
Автор: Ramold Steven J. Название: Obstinate Heroism: The Confederate Surrenders After Appomattox ISBN: 1574417916 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781574417913 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29220.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Despite popular belief, the Civil War did not end when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, in April 1865. The Confederacy still had tens of thousands of soldiers under arms, in three main field armies and countless smaller commands scattered throughout the South. Although pressed by Union forces at varying degrees, all of the remaining Confederate armies were capable of continuing the war if they chose to do so. But they did not, even when their political leaders ordered them to continue the fight. Convinced that most civilians no longer wanted to continue the war, the senior Confederate military leadership, over the course of several weeks, surrendered their armies under different circumstances.Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered his army in North Carolina only after contentious negotiations with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. Gen. Richard Taylor ended the fighting in Alabama in the face of two massive Union incursions into the state rather than try to consolidate with other Confederate armies. Personal rivalry also played a part in his practical considerations to surrender. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith had the decision to surrender taken out of his hands - disastrous economic conditions in his Trans-Mississippi Department had eroded morale to such an extent that his soldiers demobilized themselves, leaving Kirby Smith a general without an army. The end of the Confederacy was a messy and complicated affair, a far cry from the tidy closure associated with the events at Appomattox.
