The Remnants of War

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ISBN: 9780801473876 | 080147387X
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Copyright: 5/1/2007

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"War . . . is merely an idea, an institution, like dueling or slavery, that has been grafted onto human existence. It is not a trick of fate, a thunderbolt from hell, a natural calamity, or a desperate plot contrivance dreamed up by some sadistic puppete

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Preface to the Cornell Paperbacks Edition	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction: The Decline of War, the Persistence of Warfare	p. 1
Criminal and Disciplined Warfare	p. 8
The Control of War and the Rise of War Aversion	p. 24
World War I as a Watershed Event	p. 39
World War II as a Reinforcing Event	p. 50
War and Conflict during the Cold War	p. 66
Civil War and Terrorism after the Cold War	p. 85
Ordering the New World	p. 117
The Prospects for Policing Wars	p. 141
The Decline of War; Explanations and Extrapolations	p. 161
Notes	p. 183
References	p. 213
Index	p. 247
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