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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 puppeteer on high. And it seems to me that the instituti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mueller, John E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
1900-2005
War.
Military history, Modern > 20th century.
World politics > 1995-2005.
Guerre.
Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Politique mondiale > 1995-2005.
armed conflicts.
wars.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Military history, Modern
War
World politics
Kriegführung
Sicherheitspolitik
Weltpolitik
Oorlog.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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