War how conflict shaped us

Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek

Prijs: € 19.55

Rating: 0/5

☆

☆

☆

☆

☆

Verzending:
Uiterlijk 4 november in huis

Is peace an aberration? The New York Times bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity.

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“Margaret MacMillan has produced another seminal work. . . . She is right that we must, more than ever, think about war. And she has shown us how in this brilliant, elegantly written book.”—H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

The instinct to fight may be innate in human nature, but war—organized violence—comes with organized society. War has shaped humanity’s history, its social and political institutions, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, and some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and challenging subject not least because it brings out both the vilest and the noblest aspects of humanity.

Margaret MacMillan looks at the ways in which war has influenced human society and how, in turn, changes in political organization, technology, or ideologies have affected how and why we fight. War: How Conflict Shaped Us explores such much-debated and controversial questions as: When did war first start? Does human nature doom us to fight one another? Why has war been described as the most organized of all human activities? Why are warriors almost always men? Is war ever within our control?

Drawing on lessons from wars throughout the past, from classical history to the present day, MacMillan reveals the many faces of war—the way it has determined our past, our future, our views of the world, and our very conception of ourselves.

• Bekijk alle specificaties

Cambridge Illustrated Histories-The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare

Rating: 0 / 5 | Prijs: € 36.8

The new edition of the cambridge illustrated history of warfare written and updated by a team of nine distinguished military historians examines how war was waged by western powers across a sweeping timeframe beginning with classical greece and rome moving through the middle ages and the early m Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

War

Rating: 0 / 5 | Prijs: € 11.99

New york times 10 best books of 2020 sunday times best books for autumn 2020 guardian critics pick for autumn 2020 wall street journal notable book of 2020 the time since the second world war has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history the long peace as Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

War

Rating: 3 / 5 | Prijs: € 10.77

How the human history of conflict has transformed the world we live in for good and evil new york times 10 best books of 2020 sunday times best books for autumn 2020 guardian critics pick for autumn 2020 wall street journal notable book of 2020 the time since the second world war has been seen b Uiterlijk 31 oktober in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 oktober 2021

Aantal pagina's: 336

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Margaret Macmillan

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Product breedte: 131 mm

Product hoogte: 18 mm

Product lengte: 203 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 162 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 26 mm

Verpakking lengte: 203 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 444 g

EAN: 9780593132371

---