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War

Series: Essay Series
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War explores the long history of human conflict, considering why wars have been fought since 3,500 BC and whether humanity is becoming more peaceful despite ongoing violence. This anthology gathers essays from international historians, journalists, and thinkers presented at the Engelsberg Seminar 2015. It examines war's role in shaping and destroying states and societies, covering topics from ancient battles to modern terrorism.
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Format: Hardback
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This collection suits readers interested in history, military studies, and the societal and biological discussions surrounding war. It appeals to those seeking a broad, scholarly perspective on the causes and consequences of war throughout human history.

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It has been claimed that around 14,500 wars have been fought since 3,500 BC. Humanity has only experienced 300 years of peace on Earth. During the twentieth century, more people in total were killed in wars than during any previous century. Relatively, though, we kill each other less often now. Are we gradually becoming more peaceful?

Regardless of the number of people killed and the technology used to do it, we can rest assured that wars will continue to be fought. Can the causes of war be found in society or in biology, in a competition for economic or sexual resources, in historical circumstances, or in a universal violent instinct?

The essays in this anthology originate from the internationally renowned Engelsberg Seminar of 2015 and are written by international historians, journalists, thinkers, researchers, and authors. From the conflicts of antiquity to the dynamics of modern terrorism, War is about war as a creator and destroyer of states and civilizations. Edited by Kurt Almqvist and Alexander Linklater.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789189069770

Publisher: Stolpe Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 September 2022

Country: Sweden

Imprint: Stolpe Publishing

Illustration: 60 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Text by Hew Strachan
  • Text by Elisabeth Kendall
  • Text by Rana Mitter

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 380

About the Author

Rana Mitter, OBE FBA, is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, and a fellow of St Cross College, at the University of Oxford. His books include China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: the struggle for survival, which won the 2014 RUSI/Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature, and China's Good War: how World War II is shaping a new nationalism. He won the Historical Association's Medlicott Medal for Service to History in 2020, and is a regular presenter for BBC Radio in the UK.

Jessica Stern is a research professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University and a senior fellow at Harvard's School of Public Health. She is a 2016 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis. In 2009, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work on trauma and terror. Her books include Denial: a memoir of terror and The Ultimate Terrorists.

Sir Hew Strachan, FBA, FRSE, has been Wardlaw Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews since 2015. He is a life fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and an emeritus fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where he was Chichele Professor of the History of War from 2002 to 2015. His books include The First World War, the first volume of a trilogy; Clausewitz's On War: a biography and The Direction of War: contemporary strategy in historical perspective.

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