{"product_id":"why-we-fight-new-approaches-to-the-human-dimension-of-warfare-paperback-1","title":"Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Engen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eH. Christian Breede\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAllan English\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Canadian Armed Forces has used the work of foreign scholars and writers in its professional military education to try to understand the human dimension of warfare: why and how people are motivated to fight, and how they behave once they do fight. Yet the specific Canadian context, experience, and perspective are often lost in favour of appeals to universal truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first major Canadian study of combat motivation in almost forty years, \u003ci\u003e Why We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e redresses this imbalance by presenting some of the best new work on the subject. Bringing together top military practitioners and scholars to discuss some of the most controversial issues of modern warfare, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e examines the face of battle as experienced by Canadians. It explores sexual violence in war, professionalism, organizations, leadership, shared intent, motivation in extremis, and the toxicity of the \"warrior\" culture. Its chapters offer key insights on combat motivation theories, the modern operating environment, and the collective and individual identities of the men and women who fight for Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany worry that technology is leading us towards a post-human age, particularly in war. \u003ci\u003eWhy We Fight \u003c\/i\u003eaffirms the centrality of the human being in warfare in Canada's past, present, and future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include Claire Cookson-Hills (Queen's), Karen Davis (DRDC), Sonia Dussault (Queen's), Ian Hope (CAF, NATO Defence College), Robert Martyn (CAF, ret.), the late Roger Spiller (US Army Command and General Staff College), Victoria Tait (Carleton), and Robert Williams (CAF, ret.).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert C. Engen is senior lecturer in war studies at Deakin University and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWhy We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eH. Christian Breede is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada, a serving infantry officer, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eGoing to War? Trends in Military Interventions\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Failed States\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eCulture and the Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eAllan English is adjunct professor, history, Queen's University, has taught warfare theory and history at the Canadian Forces College, Toronto, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Military Culture: A Canadian Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739170320633,"sku":"9780228003878","price":61.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/AWD5zQp0V09780228003878_721ac5e8-db7a-40f3-875f-ef8718f6dfab.webp?v=1785499713","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/why-we-fight-new-approaches-to-the-human-dimension-of-warfare-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}