Confronting War: An Examination of Humanity's Most Pressing Problem, 4th ed. - Softcover

Glossop, Ronald J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078641121X ISBN 13: 9780786411214

Publisher: McFarland, 2001

Synopsis

This immensely successful textbook is broken into four parts. Part One: Introduction to the War Problem discusses the nature of the war problem, the conceptual framework, and the historical framework. Part Two: Causes of War talks about the cause of war, group competition and group identification, other views about causes of war, and the value of war. In Part Three: The Contemporary Situation, the reader will learn about ideological aspects, national-historical aspects, military aspects, institutional aspects, and legal aspects of the contemporary situation. Part Four: Proposals for Solving the War Problem discusses reforming the attitudes of individuals, reforming the internal operation of national governments, reforming the policies of national governments, and reforming the international system. It also includes maps, tables and charts which will be especially helpful to the reader.

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About the Author

Ronald J. Glossop is professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville where he served as coordinator of the peace studies program for over 25 years.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078641121X
• ISBN 13: 9780786411214
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 334