From Melos to My Lai: A Study in Violence, Culture and Social Survival

by Lawrence A. Tritle

Book Overview

From Melos to My Lai presents an erudite, provocative and moving analysis of the accounts of violence in the literature and history of ancient Greece and in the film literature and veterans' accounts of the Vietnam War. This comparative investigation examines the nature of violence, its impact on society and culture, especially as reflected from the perspective of the survivors. The survivors include not only actual combatants, but those with whom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415217571
• ISBN13: 9780415217576
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"