Pro War Books?
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There's tons of books about how war is bad, but what about books about how war is good? Books that depict war as heroic, noble, or even fun?
The Iliad would be an obvious answer
>>8211427
Hard mode: written after the Vietnam War
>>8211427
Have you read it?
Tom Clancy, Frederick Forsyth, Bernard Cornwell
There's lots of books that glorify war. They might have an epilogic gloss suggesting war is ultimately bad but celebrate it the whole way through.
>>8211433
Can't think of anything
>>8211444
Yes
>nb4 the fact that certain passages acknowledge the inherent horror and tragedy of war means it's unable to ultimately be a glorification of it
If anything that makes it a far more reasonable pro-war work than much of what came after it. Nonetheless it's undeniable that Homer portrays war as heroic and noble and at points, yes, even fun
>>8211427
Christ go back to school. Calling the Iliad either pro or anti war is as useless of a generalization as calling it pro or anti fucking Trojan.
Op, you're looking for books like American Sniper. Tom Clancy will also do you good.
>>8211423
>one killing = murder
>a thousand killings = heroic, noble, or even fun
Reddit is that way
>>8211548
>Christ go back to school. Calling the Iliad either pro or anti war is as useless of a generalization as calling it pro or anti fucking Trojan.
No it's not, what a fucking stupid and empty statement
Starship Troopers
Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
