Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siecle Germany

The question of what it takes to be a man comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel–the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siecle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted to swords or had been abolished altogether in other nations, the custom of fighting to the death with pi