Concepts of War, 1650-1900 From Free-rider Strategies to Survival of the Fittest  -  Paul Schuurman

KORTE INHOUD

Why do people wage war? How can wars be won? How has warfare been an engine of change for human civilization--for better and for worse? In this book Paul Schuurman shows how some of the best Western minds between 1650 and 1900 tried to answer these questions in an epoch when European developments became a matter of global concern. In eight wide-ranging chapters he discusses the key concepts that philosophers and generals of this era developed to grasp and influence the dramatic phenomenon of war. Their conc...
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Uitgever: Brill 225 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 9004536663 ISBN-13: 9789004536661