{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-war-9781350052567","title":"A Cultural History of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat role has war played in the historical and contemporary formation of societies across the globe? How have different classes and communities been impacted, and how have different civilisations over the last 2,500 years commemorated and remembered war?\u003c\/b\u003eApplying their expertise to a theme throughout history, 54 experts answer these ambitious questions in the first authoritative survey of the subject from antiquity to the present day. Incorporating perspectives from history, politics, literature, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology, they look at how war has emerged out of different social and political climates around the world.  Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.The six volumes cove","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577899094359,"sku":"9781350052567","price":375.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350052567.jpg?v=1746097089","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-war-9781350052567","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}