{"product_id":"barbarians","title":"Barbaarit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat separates civilization from savagery when war puts duty, safety, and private wishes at odds?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Barbarians, Robert W. Chambers turns to the First World War and the demands it places on ordinary people. Duty and sacrifice stand at the heart of this wartime fiction. Against a world in upheaval, personal comfort and safety come into conflict with obligations larger than the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title raises an uneasy question: who deserves to be called a barbarian? Chambers explores what makes a person or a nation civilized when war tests those claims. Reading across a century, you also encounter attitudes toward nations and enemies that can feel forceful or one-sided today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCivilization under strain\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the uncertain boundary between civilized ideals and savagery in a world at war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe demands of duty\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider what larger obligations ask of people whose comfort and safety are at stake.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSacrifice made personal\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the tension between private wishes and the call to put something else first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA wartime American perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter an American writer's response to the conflict in Europe and its human demands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions across a century\u003c\/strong\u003e – Reflect on how attitudes toward war, nations, and enemies shape the act of reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy early twentieth-century American fiction and First World War stories that explore duty, sacrifice, and the meaning of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and enter Chambers's troubled world, where war puts the claims of civilization to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534782333276,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/12936_en_ebook-front_c07.jpg?v=1792175237","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fi\/products\/barbarians","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}