Sir George Clark discusses war as a factor for good and ill in
European society in the seventeenth century. In particular, he
shows how war helped to determine the emergence of modern Europe
from a society geographically, politically and doctrinally
confused: what Sir George calls the melee of the early part of the
century. His first chapter stresses that war was accepted as part
of the order of society. It was considered a legitimate instrument
of policy, provided that it was just. The next chapter examines
'War as a Collision of Societies' and analyses the effect on war of
religious issues, questions of manpower, supply and the
relationship between trade and national policy (including some
important remarks on the alleged nature of mercantilism). 'War in
the European Community' examines the possibility of more civilised
reactions to war - especially to atrocities. The final chapters
deal with particular aspects: the depredations of the Barbary
Corsairs on the trade of civilised Europe and the views held in the
seventeenth century on the cycle of war and peace.
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