War: Ends and Means, Second Edition

Codevilla, Angelo, Seabury, Paul

ISBN 10: 157488610X / ISBN 13: 9781574886108

Verlag: POTOMAC BOOKS, 2006

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This book explores the causes, operations, endings, and justifications of war. In the process, it demolishes many currently fashionable illusions, such as that peace is always preferable to war, that wars occur because of accidents or misunderstandings, and that technology changes the nature of war. Abundant historical and contemporary examples show, the authors contend, that all wars are deliberate political choices, that military operations follow timeless principles, and that, as Aristotle taught, the natural aim of war is victory. This new edition of the book that Eugene Rostow called "a gem," Michael Howard called "shrewd and trenchant," and "Library Journal" called "persuasive" devotes substantial attention to the wars of the post-Cold War period, including "the war on terrorism."

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Angelo Codevilla is a professor of international relations at Boston University and the author of The Character of Nations, among other works. He lives in Wayland, Massachusetts. The late Paul Seabury was a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Titel: War: Ends and Means, Second Edition
Verlag: POTOMAC BOOKS
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 2. Auflage