War and Our World: The Reith Lectures 1998

Keegan, John

ISBN 10: 0091777941 / ISBN 13: 9780091777944

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1998

About this Item

8vo. Pp xv + 87. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Text paper shows light tanning.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: War and Our World: The Reith Lectures 1998
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091777941
• ISBN 13: 9780091777944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History

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Synopsis

The subject of the 1998 Reith Lectures is war - its origins, history and future. Keegan focuses on significant themes, among them, the impact of war on our century and the forms it has taken, from the all-out conflicts of industrialized states to the deadly assaults of religious fundamentalists.

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widely considered the greatest military historian of our time and the author of acclaimed volumes on ancient and modern warfare--including, most recently, The First World War, a national bestseller--distills what he knows about the why’s and how’s of armed conflict into a series of brilliantly concise essays.

Is war a natural condition of humankind? What are the origins of war? Is the modern state dependent on warfare? How does war affect the individual, combatant or noncombatant? Can there be an end to war? Keegan addresses these questions with a breathtaking knowledge of history and the many other disciplines that have attempted to explain the phenomenon. The themes Keegan concentrates on in this short volume are essential to our understanding of why war remains the single greatest affliction of humanity in the twenty-first century, surpassing famine and disease, its traditional companions.