Download or read book Achilles Goes Asymmetrical written by Pauline M. Kaurin and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there has been extensive discussion on what counts as military professionalism, that is what makes a soldier, sailor or other military personnel a professional, the warrior archetype (varied for the various roles and service branches) still holds sway in the military self-conception, rooted as it is in the more existential notions of war, honor and meaning. In this volume, Kaurin uses Achilles as a touch stone for discussing the warrior, military ethics and the aspects of contemporary warfare that go by the name of 'asymmetrical war'.