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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Coker (London School of Economics and Political Science)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780745679228ISBN 10: 0745679226 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 07 March 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPrologue x 1 Evolution 1 2 Culture 17 3 Technology 34 4 Geopolitics 53 5 Peace 74 6 Humanity 90 Further Reading 109 Notes 114ReviewsThis brilliant work cannot fail to stimulate debate and advance understanding. Gloriously replete with arguments from and about philosophy, biology, sociology and the course of our all too human history, the reasons for the grim longevity of war have rarely been more cogently explained or better illustrated by telling anecdote. Colin Gray, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Reading A wide-ranging meditation on the embeddedness of war- in our cultures, our minds and our expectations - and its evolution by one of the subject's most erudite, informed and reflective scholars. Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles Christopher Coker's new book is a masterpiece of erudite concision in which I learned something new on every page. He is not only Britain's leading philosopher of warfare, but a prolific historian who puts the competition to shame. Michael Burleigh, author of Small Wars, Faraway Places: Global Insurrection and The Making of the Modern World This brilliant work cannot fail to stimulate debate and advance understanding. It is gloriously replete with arguments from and about philosophy, biology, sociology and the course of our all too human history. The reasons for the grim longevity of war have rarely been more cogently explained or better illustrated by telling anecdote. Colin Gray, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Reading A wide-ranging meditation on the embeddedness of war- in our cultures, our minds and our expectations - and its evolution by one of the subject's most erudite, informed and reflective scholars. Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles Christopher Coker's new book is a masterpiece of erudite concision in which I learned something new on every page. He is not only Britain's leading philosopher of warfare, but a prolific historian who puts the competition to shame. Michael Burleigh, author of Small Wars, Faraway Places: Global Insurrection and The Making of the Modern World Author InformationChristopher Coker is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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