Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
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vii, 222 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"The term "friendly fire" was coined in the 1970s but the theme appears in literature from ancient times to the present. In some stories, events propel the characters into a friendly-fire catastrophe. This study examines friendly fire in a broad range of literary contexts"--
Introduction -- The mythic mode. Divine agents of friendly fire: Athena and Pan -- Divine agents of friendly fire: ancient and modern -- The heroic mode. Battlefield psychology -- Defense of a narrow place -- Fragging -- The analytic mode. Friendly fire and tactics -- Persistent cultural frontiers -- War-elephants on the cultural frontier -- The ironic mode. The banality of friendly fire -- War-cries and passwords -- Uncanny disclosure.