Revival: Militarism (2001)

Eric Carlton

Contents: Introduction;

The question of social control;

War and the professionals;

Militarism and human nature: The phenomenon of massacre and genocide;

Militarism and culture: tribal society;

Militarism and motivation;

Militarism and status;

The Hundred Years War;

Militarism and the territorial imperative;

Militarism: the economic factor;

Militarism: the political necessity argument;

Militarism and the ethical implications of aggressive war;

Militarism, games and ritual compulsion; Excursus: the phenomenon of blood-sacrifice;

Militarism as a religious imperative;

Militarism as a test of manhood;

Militarism and the warrior death;

Summary;

Bibliography;

Index.