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Author:

Benjamin, Walter W.

Title:

War and reflection : the Navy Air Corps, 1944-1946 : reflection on war fifty years later / Walter W. Benjamin.

Edition:

Expanded 2nd ed.

Publisher:

Beavers Pond Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

294 p., [8] p. of plates ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Benjamin, Walter W.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
United States.--Navy--Biography.
Airmen--United States--Biography.
College teachers--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

ch. 24. "Render unto Caesar?" the just war theory of St. Augustine. ch. 2. Great disappointment -- ch. 3. Boot camp: a demanding discipline -- ch. 4. Radio and radar readiness -- ch. 5. From shotguns to machine guns -- ch. 6. Preparing for combat -- ch. 7. Military melancholy -- ch. 8. Radioman to rails -- ch. 9. Airman to academia -- ch. 10. 1960s vignettes of campus culture: 1 -- ch. 11. 1960s vignettes of campus culture: 2 -- ch. 12. Is the warrior a barbarian -- ch. 13. Enduring allure of war -- ch. 14. Love: war's ally and foe -- ch. 15. Military as family -- ch. 16. Warrior and the pacifist -- ch. 17. Case for universal military service -- ch. 18. Do intellectuals have blood on their hands -- ch. 19. Hiroshima, Truman, and revisionist history -- ch. 20. Sociobiology: is violence sown in our genes -- ch. 21. Churches' failure of moral guidance during desert storm -- ch. 22. Women in combat: feminism reductio ad absurdum? -- ch. 23. Journey of the heart -- ch. 24. "Render unto Caesar?" the just war theory of St. Augustine.

ISBN:

9781931646048
193164604X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54526087

Locations:

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)