The Remnants of War /

The Remnants of War / / John Mueller.

"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 instit...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Mueller, John,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2013
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 3 graphs, 5 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Cornell Paperbacks Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Criminal and Disciplined Warfare
  • 2. The Control of War and the Rise of War Aversion
  • 3. World War I as a Watershed Event
  • 4. World War II as a Reinforcing Event
  • 5. War and Conflict during the Cold War
  • 6. Civil War and Terrorism after the Cold War
  • 7. Ordering the New World
  • 8. The Prospects for Policing Wars
  • 9. The Decline of War: Explanations and Extrapolations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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