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  1. Friendly fire in the literature of war
    Published: [2017]; © 2017
    Publisher:  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina

    "The term "friendly fire" was coined in the 1970s but the theme appears in literature from ancient times to the present. In some stories, events propel the characters into a friendly-fire catastrophe. This study examines friendly fire in a broad... more

    Universität Mainz, Zentralbibliothek
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    "The term "friendly fire" was coined in the 1970s but the theme appears in literature from ancient times to the present. In some stories, events propel the characters into a friendly-fire catastrophe. This study examines friendly fire in a broad range of literary contexts

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1476667217; 9781476667218
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: Friendly fire; Kriegsliteratur; Krieg <Motiv>
    Scope: vii, 222 Seiten, 24 cm
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 198-215

    Introduction -- The mythic mode. Divine agents of friendly fire: Athena and Pan -- Divine agents of friendly fire: ancient and modern -- The heroic mode. Battlefield psychology -- Defense of a narrow place -- Fragging -- The analytic mode. Friendly fire and tactics -- Persistent cultural frontiers -- War-elephants on the cultural frontier -- The ironic mode. The banality of friendly fire -- War-cries and passwords -- Uncanny disclosure