War and the Liberal Conscience - Softcover

Howard, Sir Michael

 
9781850658917: War and the Liberal Conscience
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1850658919 ISBN 13: 9781850658917
Verlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2008

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Isn't war rooted in the vested interests of the ruling classes? (But have not democracies proved as bellicose as other states?) Should not political disputes be settled by civilised negotiations? (But what if the adversary is not, by your standards, 'civilised'?) Ought states to steer clear of other states' internal conflicts? (Or should they help liberate oppressed peoples?) Which is better, appeasement or a war to end war? Such questions reflect the confusion that still besets liberal-minded men and women in the face of war, despite centuries during which they have tried to discover its causes and secure its abolition. Sir Michael Howard traces the pattern in their attitudes from Erasmus to the Americans after Vietnam, and concludes that peacemaking 'is a task which has to be tackled afresh every day of our lives'.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sir Michael Howard, OM, CH, CBE, MC was formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.

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Verlag
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1850658919
ISBN 13 
9781850658917
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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