The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order - Hardcover

Howard, Michael

 
9780300088663: The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300088663 ISBN 13: 9780300088663
Verlag: YALE UNIV PR, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Throughout history the overwhelming majority of human societies have taken war for granted and made it the basis for their legal and social structures. Not until the Enlightenment in the eighteenth century did war come to be regarded as an unmitigated evil and one that could be abolished by rational social organization, and only after the massive slaughter of the two world wars did this become the declared objective of civilized states. Nevertheless, war in one form or another continues unabated. In this elegantly written book, a preeminent military historian considers why this is so.
Is war in some sense still a necessary element in international order? Are war and peace in fact complementary? Does not peace itself breed the conditions that will ultimately lead to war? And if nuclear weapons have made war ultimately suicidal for mankind, what can be done about it? Having devoted half a century largely to studying these questions, Michael Howard offers us his reflections. Unless they can be answered, he notes, the twenty-first century is unlikely to be any more peaceful than the centuries that preceded it.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sir Michael Howard is Robert A. Lovett Professor Emeritus of Military and Naval History at Yale University and was Regius Professor of History at Oxford University. He is the author of many books, including The Franco-Prussian War (1961), War in European History (1976), War and the Liberal Conscience (1978), and The Lessons of History (1991, Yale University Press). He is life president of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which he helped found.

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Verlag
YALE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300088663
ISBN 13 
9780300088663
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
128
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