Introduction: Making Sense of War; 1. Political culture; 2. Military culture; 3. The civilianization of war; 4. War and Peace; 5. Commemoration; 6. Religious life and war; 7. Humanitarianism; 8. The Visual arts; 9. Prose, poetry and the voice of the witness; 10. Families at war; 11. The Double helix; 12. Flight; Conclusion.