parkkvm.blogg.se - War in European History by Michael Eliot Howard

At root, Sir Michael echoes the message of sensible statesmen and soldiers through the ages: you never can tell." - Max Hastings, Evening Standard (.) This essay is a brilliant reflection on the world in which we live, and the potential threats to it.

"(A) superbly crafted essay, explaining why the West would be foolish to assume that permanent peace has come upon us.

(.) (T)he felicity of expression throughout is a delight." - Niall Ferguson, Daily Telegraph (.) (L)ike all the best lecturers, Howard does not get bogged down in detail (the only numbers in the text are dates).

"If I have any quibble with Professor Howard it is that he says too little about civil war, the real serpent in this Kantian paradise.Indeed, he concludes that there is little hope that we will ever be free of war." - John Dear, America (.) While his survey spotlights the reality of humanity's long love affair with war, in the end, The Invention of Peace disappointed me because there was no serious analysis about how we can get ourselves out of this self-destructive addiction to war. "Howard's panoramic glance over the major trends of war does not so much reveal the invention of peace as the ongoing re-invention of war.Generally enthusiastic, though reviews are more descriptive than critical Reflections on War and International Orderī : fine but brief overview of peace and war.

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