Norman Angell and the Futility of War

Norman Angell and the Futility of War

Author: John Donald Bruce Miller

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 9780312577735

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Describes the life of Angell, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933, discusses the major themes of his writings, and applies his philosophy to the history of the two world wars and the problem of nuclear proliferation


The Future of War

The Future of War

Author: Lawrence Freedman

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1610393066

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An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this uniquely human form of political violence. Questions about the future of war are a regular feature of political debate, strategic analysis, and popular fiction. Where should we look for new dangers? What cunning plans might an aggressor have in mind? What are the best forms of defense? How might peace be preserved or conflict resolved? From the French rout at Sedan in 1870 to the relentless contemporary insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, Lawrence Freedman, a world-renowned military thinker, reveals how most claims from the military futurists are wrong. But they remain influential nonetheless. Freedman shows how those who have imagined future war have often had an idealized notion of it as confined, brief, and decisive, and have regularly taken insufficient account of the possibility of long wars-hence the stubborn persistence of the idea of a knockout blow, whether through a dashing land offensive, nuclear first strike, or cyberattack. He also notes the lack of attention paid to civil wars until the West began to intervene in them during the 1990s, and how the boundaries between peace and war, between the military, the civilian, and the criminal are becoming increasingly blurred. Freedman's account of a century and a half of warfare and the (often misconceived) thinking that precedes war is a challenge to hawks and doves alike, and puts current strategic thinking into a bracing historical perspective.


Darwinism, War and History

Darwinism, War and History

Author: David Paul Crook

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-03-17

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521466455

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An exciting reinterpretation of Social Darwinism, questioning conventional assumptions and proffering an alternative reading of a discourse of 'peace biology'.


Living the Great Illusion

Living the Great Illusion

Author: Martin Ceadel

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 9780191721762

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This biography of one of the 20th century's leading internationalists, Sir Norman Angell, author of 'The Great Illusion', Labour MP, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, reveals that his life has hitherto been much misrepresented and misunderstood.


The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)

Author: John J. Mearsheimer

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2003-01-17

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 0393076245

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"A superb book.…Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—Barry R. Posen, The National Interest The updated edition of this classic treatise on the behavior of great powers takes a penetrating look at the question likely to dominate international relations in the twenty-first century: Can China rise peacefully? In clear, eloquent prose, John Mearsheimer explains why the answer is no: a rising China will seek to dominate Asia, while the United States, determined to remain the world's sole regional hegemon, will go to great lengths to prevent that from happening. The tragedy of great power politics is inescapable.


International Relations and the First Great Debate

International Relations and the First Great Debate

Author: Brian Schmidt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1136319123

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This book provides an authoritative account of the controversy about the first great debate in the field of International Relations. Of all the self-images of International Relations, none is as pervasive and enduring as the notion that a great debate pitting idealists against realists took place in the 1940s. The story of the first great debate continues to structure the contemporary identity of International Relations, yet in recent years revisionist historians have challenged the conventional wisdom that the field experienced such a debate. Drawing on expert contributors working in Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this book includes key participants in the historiographical controversy. The book assembles the existing scholarship and provides a thorough analysis of the status of the first great debate in the history of International Relations. It is an invaluable examination of the causes and future direction of idealist and realist arguments. International Relations and the First Great Debate will be of interest to students and scholars concerned with the foundations of International Relations.


Semi-detached Idealists

Semi-detached Idealists

Author: Martin Ceadel

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780199241170

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Building on his previous authoritative work on the British peace movement, Ceadel has produced a definitive historical analysis of its era of maturity - from the Crimean War to the Second World War.