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The Táin Bó Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, queen and king of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick. Thomas Kinsella presents a complete and living version of the story. His translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts.

Epic literature, Irish --- Heroes --- Mythology, Celtic --- Tales --- Heroism --- Persons --- Antiheroes --- Apotheosis --- Courage

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In this work, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain's embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humourous stories from history, Barczewski's survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.

Italy --- Rome --- History. --- Civilization. --- Civilization --- National characteristics, British. --- Failure (Psychology) --- Heroes --- Heroism --- Persons --- Antiheroes --- Apotheosis --- Courage --- Losing (Psychology) --- Psychology --- Fear of failure --- Success --- British national characteristics --- Great Britain

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Mythology --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology [Pathological ] --- Heroes --- Psychology, Pathological. --- Heroes. --- Heroism --- Persons --- Antiheroes --- Apotheosis --- Courage --- Abnormal psychology --- Diseases, Mental --- Mental diseases --- Mental disorders --- Pathological psychology --- Psychology, Abnormal --- Psychopathology --- Neurology --- Brain --- Criminal psychology --- Mental health --- Psychiatry --- Psychoanalysis --- Psychological aspects. --- Diseases

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They are Canada's heroes, recipients of the prestigious Star of Courage, and these are the stories of their bravery.

Star of Courage. --- Decorations of honor --- Heroes --- Heroism --- Persons --- Antiheroes --- Apotheosis --- Courage --- Medals --- Badges of honor --- Honor, Decorations of --- Military paraphernalia --- Orders of knighthood and chivalry --- Heraldry --- Insignia --- Canada

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By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers two major insights into the history of military heroism. First, it reveals a precarious ambiguity in the efforts of minorities such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, and gay men to be recognized as heroic soldiers. Paradoxically, America's heroism discourse allowed them to press their case for full membership in the nation, but doing so simultaneously validated the dichotomous interpretations of race and gender they repudiated. The ambiguous role of marginalized groups in war-related hero-making processes also testifies to this volume's second general insight: the durability and tenacity of the masculine warrior hero in U.S. society and culture. Warring over Valor bridges a gap in the historiography of heroism and military affairs.

Heroes --- History --- United States --- Armed Forces --- Minorities --- History, Military --- war, valor, race, gender, American, military, heroism, United States, Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, women, gay men, masculine, hero.