A darkling plain : stories of conflict and humanity during war / Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine, with Chloe Lampros-Monroe, Bryn Mawr College, Jonah Robnett Pellecchia, Cornell University.

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

xi, 312 pages ; 24 cm

"How do people maintain their humanity during wars? Despite its importance, this question receives scant scholarly attention, perhaps because of the overwhelming aspect of war. The generally accepted wisdom is that wars bring out the worst in us, pitting us against one another. "War is hell," William Tecumseh Sherman famously noted, and even wars clearly designated "just" nonetheless inflict massive destruction and cruelty. Since ethics is concerned with discovering what takes us to a morally superior place, one conducive to human flourishing and happiness, studying what helps people survive wartime trauma becomes an extremely valuable enterprise. A Darkling Plain thus fills an important scholarly void, analyzing wartime stories that reveal much about our capacity to process trauma, heal wounds, reclaim lost spirits, and derive meaning and purpose from the most horrific of personal events"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-303) and index.

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