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The invention of peace: reflections on war and international order

By:

HOWARD Michael

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Profile Books, 2000Description: 113pISBN:

1861973268 (pbk.):

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Summary: In this short but thought provoking book Michael Howard demonstrates that throughout much of history a state of war was normal. It is only in the last two centuries, he suggests, that peace became a politically practical or even desirable state of affairs.

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In this short but thought provoking book Michael Howard demonstrates that throughout much of history a state of war was normal. It is only in the last two centuries, he suggests, that peace became a politically practical or even desirable state of affairs.

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