Great Adventure

<p>In 1914 Europe descended into a slaughter unlike anything that had been seen before. Yet far from seeing the conflict as a tragedy many men welcomed it as a healthy development for society a relief from peace. <i>The Great Adventure </i>explores the intellectual trends that made war seem a natural and high expression of social values. This is not a book about the specific causes of World War I but a study of the mood in which it could take place. <br /><br />What the book uncovers is a complex of deeply ingrained attitudes about manhood sex power maturity boredom and war that defined a culture in which war came to be seen as a positive option. Although the book focuses on attitudes in Great Britain and the United States of nearly a century ago it makes a remarkably contemporary statement about men women and the culture of war. reviewing a previous edition or volume</p>