Why Wars Happen by Jeremy Black
In this deeply informed book, renowned historian Jeremy Black addresses the crucial question of why wars happen, bridging the disciplines of history, political science and international relations, and spanning over the centuries. Black marshals an astonishing range of material from all corners of the globe, and demonstrates the universalities of conflict. What then causes wars? Do they primarily reflect bellicosity in societies and states, or do they arise as the result of the breakdown of diplomatic systems? How far are the causes of war related to changes in the nature of warfare, of the international system or of the internal character of states? Black looks at the problems of deepening war, and analyses the three main forms of conflict: wars across cultures, wars within cultures and civil war. He also assesses the present situation and asks where we are heading in terms of future wars.
Professor Black's book can be commended strongly as a text which incisively examines the causes of war(s) across the modern period with due attention to historical and cultural context-- David Weigall This is a bold and innovative approach to a well-established question. Its principal merit is that it does not restrict itself to examining a few selected case studies or a limited time span, but attempts to survey one and a half millennia of world conflict within a tight analytical framework and compact format. -- Peter Wilson
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. One of Britain’s leading military historians, he has written over eighty books, including: Maps and Politics (Reaktion, 1996), Why Wars Happen (Reaktion, 1998), Britain since the Seventies (Reaktion, 2004), War since 1945 (Reaktion, 2004), Altered States: America since the Sixties (2004), all published by Reaktion.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861890177 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861890176 |
| Title | Why Wars Happen |
| Author | Jeremymorni Black |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 1998-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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