Remnants of War

Name: Remnants of War
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ISBN: 9780801473876

ISBN-10: 080147387X

ISBN-13: 9780801473876

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: John Mueller

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"War . . . is merely an idea, an institution, like dueling or slavery, that has been grafted onto human existence. It is not a trick of fate, a thunderbolt from hell, a natural calamity, or a desperate plot contrivance dreamed up by some sadistic puppete

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface to the Cornell Paperbacks Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Decline of War, the Persistence of Warfare



Criminal and Disciplined Warfare



The Control of War and the Rise of War Aversion



World War I as a Watershed Event



World War II as a Reinforcing Event



War and Conflict during the Cold War



Civil War and Terrorism after the Cold War



Ordering the New World



The Prospects for Policing Wars



The Decline of War; Explanations and Extrapolations


Notes


References


Index