Culture and War
Professor van Creveld has written a book that shows how war has permeated culture and become a culture itself. The main theme of the book is summarized in his discussion on preparing for war: "Even the most cursory examination of such [war]games suggests that serious preparation for war and mere entertainment, training and fun, make-believe and reality, are as closely entwined today as they have always been." War has also created what one could describe as a sub-culture, that is, a group with its own symbols and expressions, styles and ways of doing things. Often using examples from literature and the movies, the interconnectedness of war and culture is set forth. While he does mention women and war, it frequently is in a chauvinistic manner and mainly in the next to the last chapter entitled "Feminism."