The invention of peace : reflections on war and international order /

"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 ra...

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Autor principal: Howard, Michael, 1922-2019
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000.
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245 1 4 |a The invention of peace :  |b reflections on war and international order /  |c Michael Howard. 
260 |a New Haven :  |b Yale University Press,  |c 2000. 
300 |a 113 p. ;  |c 21 cm. 
500 |a Editado originalmente: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2000. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Priests and princes: 800-1789 -- Peoples and nations: 1789-1918 -- Idealists and ideologues: 1918-89 -- Tomahawks and kalashnikovs: ad 2000. 
520 0 |a "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 book, a preeminent military historian considers why this is so."--Descripción del editor. 
650 0 |a Peace. 
650 0 |a Security, International. 
650 0 |a Disarmament. 
650 7 |a Paz.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Seguridad internacional.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Desarme.  |2 UDESA