On the Origins of War
And the Preservation of Peace
$49.81
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1996
Summary
A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War.War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous World Wars of the twentieth century, renowned historian Donald Kagan reveals new and surprising insights into the nature of war and peace. Vivid, incisive, and acc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385423755 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385423756 |
| Author: | Donald Kagan |
| Publisher: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Imprint: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 505g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 35mm |
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Praise for Donald Kagan’s On the Origins of War “A particularly timely masterpiece … brilliantly examines the origins of four major, devastating conflicts.”– Los Angeles
Praise for Donald Kagan’s On the Origins of War
“A particularly timely masterpiece … brilliantly examines the origins of four major, devastating conflicts.”—Los Angeles
“Humane and penetrating … Kagan shows how, tragically, measures undertaken precisely to prevent war have in the past repeatedly brought it closer.”—The New Criterion
“By now it is all too clear that the so-called end of history really has meant the return of history, with a vengeance. Recent events regrettably confirm that warfare is inherent to any system of world affair yet imagined, so we better do all we can to prevent it. Professor Kagan’s impressive volume presents thoughts that are timely, intellectually deep, and just about indispensable.”—George P. Schultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State
About The Author
Donald Kagan
Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. A former dean of Yale College, he received his Ph.D. in 1958 from The Ohio State University. His publications includeOn the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace,The Peloponnesian War, andThucydides- The Reinvention of History. In 2002 he was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal and in 2005 was named the National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecturer.
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