An edition of The mystery of courage (2000)

The mystery of courage

  • 4 Want to read
Preview

Only a preview is available.

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

  • 4 Want to read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
January 28, 2026 | History
An edition of The mystery of courage (2000)

The mystery of courage

  • 4 Want to read

Few of us spend much time thinking about courage, but we know it when we see it--or do we? Is it best displayed by marching into danger, making the charge, or by resisting, enduring without complaint? Is it physical or moral, or both? Is it fearless, or does it involve subduing fear? Abner Small, a Civil War soldier, was puzzled by what he called the "mystery of bravery"; to him, courage and cowardice seemed strangely divorced from character and will. It is this mystery, just as puzzling in our day, that William Ian Miller unravels in this engrossing meditation.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
346

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: The mystery of courage
The mystery of courage
2000, Harvard University Press
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-336) and index.

Published in
Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
179/.6
Library of Congress
BF575.C8 M55 2000, BF575.C8M55 2000, BF575.C8 .M55 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 346 p. ;
Number of pages
346

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6781695M
ISBN 10
0674003071
LCCN
00029559
OCLC/WorldCat
43684601
LibraryThing
307866
Goodreads
1063592

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3297084W

Community Reviews (0)

No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation