Dueling   (book)

Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin de Siecle Germany

Dueling is, historically, a very simple way to settle an argument. The one who doesn't die is obviously right. This book is about dueling in Germany, and why the custom survived longer there than anywhere else. It's really dry historical reading, and the author is a bit sesquipedalian, using a foot-and-a-half-er for its own sake, but some of the history is interesting. I've read some of this book, and pick it up every now and then, when I'm in an odd mood.