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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 accessible, Kagan's powerful narrative warns against complacency and urgently reminds us of the importance of preparedness in times of peace.

On the Origins of War

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  • Author : Donald Kagan
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Genre : History
  • Total Pages : 625 pages
  • ISBN : 0385423756
  • PDF File Size : 10,7 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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On the Origins of War

On the Origins of War
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • File Size : 30,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 January 1996
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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.

The Origins Of War

The Origins Of War
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 39,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 04 May 2018
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When did war begin? Standard military accounts tend to start with the Graeco-Persian wars, laying undue emphasis on the preeminence of Greek heavy infantry. But, as this strikingly original and

The Behavioral Origins of War

The Behavioral Origins of War
  • Publisher : University of Michigan Press
  • File Size : 29,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 09 April 2009
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In The Behavioral Origins of War, D. Scott Bennett and Allan C. Stam analyze systemic, binary, and individual factors in order to evaluate a wide variety of theories about the

The Origins of Major War

The Origins of Major War
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • File Size : 23,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 February 2013
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One of the most important questions of human existence is what drives nations to war—especially massive, system-threatening war. Much military history focuses on the who, when, and where of

The Origins of the First World War

The Origins of the First World War
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 43,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 05 November 2013
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James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at

The Name of War

The Name of War
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • File Size : 34,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 23 September 2009
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BANCROFF PRIZE WINNER • King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war—colonists against Indigenous peoples—that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history.

World History of Warfare

World History of Warfare
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • File Size : 54,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 January 2002
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This book provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive coverage of warfare across times and cultures. Its main strengths are its ability to provide context for each period discussed, comparison between developments

The Origins of War

The Origins of War
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • File Size : 37,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 April 2008
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Stretching across continents and centuries, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritual sacrifices, and other acts of violence committed in the prehistoric

The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars

The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • File Size : 44,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 24 February 1989
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This analysis of the origins of major wars, since the development of the modern state system in Europe centuries ago, also considers the problems involved in preventing a contemporary nuclear