- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (19 April 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415424526
- ISBN-13: 978-0415424523
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 795,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Achieving the right balance in our own warrior ethos, and anticipating the challenges to it, are vital to the present and future operational effectiveness of our armed forces, as well as being important aspects of the wider ongoing debate on military culture and ethics. This book does not provide all the answers, nor does it seek to. But it does provide a comprehensive examination of this most important subject, and in a style which is both reflective and thought-provoking. It is an essential foundation to informed participation in the debate, and deserves to be widely read.' - Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely, Director of the Defence Academy, RUSI Journal
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This is the first scholarly book to look at the role of the 'warrior' in modern war, arguing that warriors' actions, and indeed thoughts, are increasingly patrolled and that the modern battlefield is an unforgiving environment in which to discharge their vocation.
As war becomes ever more instrumentalized, so its existential dimension is fast being hollowed out. Technology is threatening the agency of the warrior and this volume paints a picture of early twenty-first century warfare, helping to explain why so many aspiring warriors are becoming disenchanted with their profession.
Written by a leading thinker on warfare, this book sets out to explain what makes an American Marine a ‘warrior’ and why suicide bombers, or Al Qaeda fighters, do not qualify for this title. This distinction is one of the central features of the current War on Terror – and one that justifies much more extensive discussion than it has so far received.
The Warrior Ethos will be of great interest to all students of military history, strategy, military sociology and war studies.
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Scholarly Look at the Warrior
5 Nov 2007
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Christopher Coker has written an excellent book on the warrior, his ethos, and what it means to the population that they serve. Using the Greek warrior Achilles as the model for the ethos, Coker articulates how this ethos is admired less and less every year and how the once admired warrior is now seen more often as a victim. Coker also points out rather convincingly that the modern battlefield is an unforgiving environment from which the warrior must perform their profession.
Coker makes a strong case that the warrior ethos is what keeps war ethical. Coker also does an outstanding job of explaining why the suicide bomber is not a warrior and goes against the code and ethos of a warrior. Additionally, Coker points out how in the West the militaries, to their own detriment, have tried to make technology and robotics responsible for conducting operations and thus limit the role of the warrior, his own self trust, and his ethos. Coker also points out how in the west the military attempts to use technology to counter the human equation of courage, fear, cruelty and remorse. These attributes are intensely human and thus the desire to re-engineer warriors through technology to take the human dimension out of war.
Among other key points, the book does a very good job of describing the historical context of how we have viewed warriors and how post traumatic syndrome relates to the warrior ethos. Coker makes the case that embracing the ethos through training in this ethos can help eliminate many of these conditions.
This book does not provide all the answers, but it still remains as an excellent and comprehensive examination of the warrior, his culture, and his ethos. I highly recommend this book to any military leader and most importantly to those not in the military so that they may better understand the culture and dynamic of the warrior.
Coker makes a strong case that the warrior ethos is what keeps war ethical. Coker also does an outstanding job of explaining why the suicide bomber is not a warrior and goes against the code and ethos of a warrior. Additionally, Coker points out how in the West the militaries, to their own detriment, have tried to make technology and robotics responsible for conducting operations and thus limit the role of the warrior, his own self trust, and his ethos. Coker also points out how in the west the military attempts to use technology to counter the human equation of courage, fear, cruelty and remorse. These attributes are intensely human and thus the desire to re-engineer warriors through technology to take the human dimension out of war.
Among other key points, the book does a very good job of describing the historical context of how we have viewed warriors and how post traumatic syndrome relates to the warrior ethos. Coker makes the case that embracing the ethos through training in this ethos can help eliminate many of these conditions.
This book does not provide all the answers, but it still remains as an excellent and comprehensive examination of the warrior, his culture, and his ethos. I highly recommend this book to any military leader and most importantly to those not in the military so that they may better understand the culture and dynamic of the warrior.
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