On wars

1. Verfasser: Mann, Michael, 1942- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
Umfang/Format: viii, 607 pages ; 24 cm
Schlagworte:
War
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface
  • Military Power and War
  • Is War Universal?
  • Theories of the Causes of War
  • The Roman Republic
  • Ancient China
  • Imperial China
  • Medieval and Modern Japan
  • A Thousand Years of Europe
  • Seven Hundred Years of South and Central America
  • The Decline of War?
  • Fear and Loathing on the Battlefield I: From Ancient Times to the American Civil War
  • Fear and Loathing on the Battlefield II: The World Wars
  • Fear and Loathing on the Battlefield III: Communist Wars
  • Recent Wars in Muslim Countries
  • Possible Futures
  • Conclusion: Patterson of war.