"The vital questions which confront not only students of war but
all concerned with peace and security are, why wars happen; how, if
necessary, they should be fought; and above all how they can be
prevented...An understanding [of these issues] is impossible
without some insight into the way in which societies have developed
in the past and with them their cultures and their value
systems."--Michael Howard This important book by one of the most
eminent military historians in the world discusses the processes of
historical change that spawned the European wars of the twentieth
century. In a series of elegantly written essays, Michael Howard
ponders the continuing significance of nationalism and its
relationship to the growth of industrial societies, modernization,
and war. He explores the conflicting ideologies that arose from
industrialism, tracing the development of new political organisms
and attitudes as mass communications and universal education raised
and transformed the level of political consciousness throughout the
world. Howard argues that, although industrialization may tend to
reduce belligerence by producing societies dedicated to material
welfare rather than heroic achievement, organized violence remains
a norm. In an introduction, he links these themes with the
emergence of perestroika and glasnost in the Soviet sphere, with
the difficulties experienced by Third World countries in creating
viable political and economic communities, and with a Western bloc
in which social tensions continue to increase.
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