Warrior Nation Author:Michael Paris War has been a central component of British cultural history since 1850. War reporting and mass communications have created a society fascinated by conflict, brought up with tales of epic adventure and mass-produced images of martial heroes. To achieve national goals, the notion of war has been promoted as an activity of chivalrous enterprise an... more »d as a rite of passage to manhood. Warrior Nation explores the ways in which images of battle have been constructed in popular British culture since 1850, focusing on how war has been "sold" to boys and young men and examining the "warrior" as a masculine ideal.
Michael Paris is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Historical and Critical Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.« less