For scholars of various aspects of the humanities and cultural history, 21 contributions offer multifaceted analyses of the phenomenon of war. The contributors represent a broad range of
disciplines, including art history, classics, history of science, ancient history, medieval history, Latin philology, Italian literature, and cultural studies. Arrangement is under the broad
themes of judging, seeing, and writing war, and craft and luck in war. The two editors (Marco Formisano and Harmut B繹hme) and several contributors are affiliated with Humboldt-Universit瓣 zu
Berlin); the remaining contributors are based at universities in Germany, the US, Italy, France and the UK. About half the essays are in German and half in English. Annotation 穢2011 Book News,
Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
