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The Warrior's Honour: Ethnic War and the Modern Consciousness (Paperback)

by Michael Ignatieff (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (4 Feb 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099577410
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099577416
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 555,457 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Written for a variety of periodicals during the small wars of the New World Order, these essays on modern warfare discuss the collapse of old ideas of chivalry under the influence of frankly silly nationalist ideas that would be ludicrous if they did not lead to atrocity. The internationalism opposed to this is itself by definition suspect because it is so heavily mediated by television and by the globalisation that implies. Compassion is a complex entity when heavily loaded with voyeurism and with a feeling that knocking heads together is the role of the powerful of the world; Ignatieff points out how compassion gets thoroughly muddled up with what is a bit too much like bullying. Freud's phrase "the narcissism of minor differences" is apposite; small nations define their difference from nations not distinguishable from them by outsiders by exaggerating minor traits. The typical soldiery of the 90s is an irregular without the constraints on their conduct which military training tends to produce. Ignatieff discusses the role of the UN at length and the paradoxes involved in the phrase "peacekeeping forces"; he also discusses the Red Cross and its complex negotiations with the realities of, say, the Taliban in Afghanistan. History has become nightmarish again. --Roz Kaveney


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Since the early 1990s Ignatieff has travelled the world's war zones. He charts the rise of the new moral interventionists, the aid workers, reporters and peacekeepers, who believe that other people's misery is of concern to us all. He draws realisations about the ethics of engagement and the limited force of moral justice in a world war.

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent attempt to tackle some big 'post-Cold War' issues, 6 Jan 2001
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Ignatieff has produced an excellent book. It does not read like a random collection of previously published articles and he tackles sensitively and philosophically some of the big issues that are raised by 'modern' conflicts that the world has seen since the end of the Cold War. Examines difficult issues such as the role of ethnicity and so-called 'ethnic hatreds' as somehow abstracted from the real security needs of citizens in the Balkans and Africa and whether the neutrality of teh Red Cross is appopriate in a world of conflicts in which the evil are often obvious. Highly recommended, but do not expect heavy historical detail on individual conflict situations.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Provovative and timely study, 16 Nov 2003
By Gareth Smyth "Enjilos" (Beirut) - See all my reviews
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The Warrior's Honour is a provocative and timely look at warfare in an age where international consensus appears to have broken down in the face of rampant moral relativism. I've never been a huge fan of Michael Ignatieff (I found his treatment of nationalism patronising) but was pleasantly surprised by his courage and commitment in tackling the really difficult issue of how some kind of common human understanding can be built as to what is and what isn't acceptable in war.
Whether or not his conclusions are comprehensive, this places him alongside Nelson Madella, president Mohammed Khatami of Iran, the Lebanese lawyer Chibli Mallat and others trying to find rules and beliefs that all humanity can adhere to, rather than those (whether "ethnic-cleansers" or US neo-conservatives) who want to impose their own vision and beliefs as the only way forward.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Honor in Ethnic War, 2 April 1999
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I read this book through a class I took and I was impressed by the deep analysis on the issues of ethnic war including a focus of television and media, charitable empathy, the need for conflict, and a warrior's honor. Ignatieff differentiates ethnic wars happening now (civil wars, ethnic wars, brother vs. brother) than that of wars the US has waged in the past (vs. country/nation). These new types of war show a new dynamic of intervention and war atrocities relating to it. The common thread Ignatieff points out is relating to a warrior's honor. Much like chivalry, a soldier in battle should follow certain rules of conduct like not committing atrocities against the indigenous population or letting interventionists take care of the wounded. Ignatieff also focuses on many ethnic conflicts of today in Rwanda, Somalia, and Serbia as examples of the dimension of ethnic war. Ignatieff uses loaded terminology and might be too much to comprehend, but his examples help the reader understand the context he is pushing for. Further examples from Freud's "Narcissism of Minor Diffence" and James Joyce gives this book a well-rounded academic feel. This book gives great insight to human need during ethnic war especially with the current conflict in Kosovo.
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