Table of Contents:
  • Not just war
  • Shakespeare's Henry V
  • Dissonant revival
  • Lawyers
  • Eclecticism
  • American doctrines
  • From tradition to formula
  • Theological foundations
  • War stories
  • Ways of war: Scott and Cooper
  • The battlefield: The Red badge of courage
  • Irregular warfare: Scapegoats of empire
  • Espionage: Mr. Standfast
  • Terrorism: The dynamiter and the secret agent
  • The professional: Colonel Blimp
  • Conscripts: Paul Berlin and Billy Pilgrim
  • Conclusion.