Politics and War: European Conflict from Philip II to Hitler, Enlarged Edition - Couverture souple

Kaiser, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674002725 ISBN 13 : 9780674002722

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2000

Synopsis

David Kaiser looks at four hundred years of modern European history to find the political causes of general war in four distinct periods (1559-1659, 1661-1713, 1792-1815, and 1914-1945). He shows how war became a natural function of politics, a logical consequence of contemporary political behavior. Rather than fighting simply to expand, states in each war fought for specific political and economic reasons. The book illlustrates the extraordinary power of politics and war in modern Western civilization, if not in history as a whole. In a provocative and original new preface and chapter, Kaiser shows which aspects of four past areas of conflict do, and do not, seem relevant to the immediate future, and he sketches out some new possibilities for Europe.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Kaiser is a noted historian and a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of the Naval War College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674002725
• ISBN 13: 9780674002722
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 454
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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