An edition of The Art of Surrender (2005)
The Art of Surrender
Decomposing Sovereignty at Conflict's End
By Robin Wagner-Pacifici
Publish Date
October 3, 2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press,University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
224
Description:
Explores the ritual concessions as acts of warfare, performances of submission, demonstrations of power, and representations of shifting, unstable worlds. The author considers the limits of sovereignty at conflict's end, showing how the ways we concede loss can be as important as the ways we claim victory.
subjects: Sovereignty, Capitulations, military, World war, 1939-1945, united states, Thirty years' war, 1618-1648, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, Military Capitulations, World War, 1939-1945, History, 15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general, Kapitulation, Dreißigjähriger Krieg, Weltkrieg, Sezessionskrieg, Oorlogvoering, Verliezen, Riten, Politieke aspecten