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Title: The Mystery of Courage by William Ian Miller ISBN: 0-674-00826-X Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I had the privilege of studying the dynamics of the blood feud culture under Professor Miller. After the class I began reading some of his literature. Miller's historiography and use of primary sources is gripping, and his frank admiration and identification with honor cultures of the past is refreshing in this time of stifling political correctness.
Professor Miller has an extremely rare gift: He sees both himself and others as they really are. His self-examination is as important to his work as his historical analysis and philosophical musings. If you are honest with yourself you will recognize many aspects of your own psyche from Miller's writings.
"The Mystery of Courage" can tell you more about yourself than a thousand psychotherapists. This is a must read- you will never think of honor, bravery, fear, life or death the same way again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Courage and cowardice
Comment: This is a scholarly work that gives real insight into the nature of courage. It's very well-written. The book draws on soldier's stories from ancient Greece to Vietnam and shows how the concerns about measuring up "when the chips are down" have not changed much despite the passage of thousands of years.
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice to be reminded
Comment: Once upon a time, there was such a thing as courage. It was at the center of all our stories. Now there are no more stories worth telling and all human beings are weak. At least we still have the stories and this book has some great ones, and true. For example, there's the one about the American GI on the Italian front who "charged" an enemy position on one knee and the stump of his other leg, shot off at the knee.
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Title: Faking It by William Ian Miller ISBN: 0521830184 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 18 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Anatomy of Disgust by William Ian Miller ISBN: 0674031555 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violence by William Ian Miller ISBN: 0801428815 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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Title: The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner ISBN: 0465014909 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ISBN: 0393057658 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 10 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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