Author:
Mann, Michael, 1942- author.
ImprintNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
Imprint2023
Descriptionviii, 607 pages ; 25 cm
Note:Military power and war -- Is war universal? -- Theories of the causes of war -- The Roman Republic -- Ancient China -- Imperial China -- Medieval and modern Japan -- A thousand years of Europe -- Seven hundred years of South and Central America -- The decline of war? -- Fear and loathing on the battlefield I: from ancient times to the American Civil War -- Fear and loathing on the battlefield II: the world wars -- Fear and loathing on the battlefield III: Communist wars -- Recent wars in Muslim countries -- Possible futures -- Conclusion: patterns of war.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-584) and index.
Note:Mann examines the history of war through the ages and across the globe- from ancient Rome to Ukraine, from imperial China to the Middle East, from Japan and Europe to Latin and North America. He explores the reasons groups go to war, the different forms of wars, how warfare has changed and how it has stayed the same, and the surprising ways in which seemingly powerful countries lose wars. In combining ideological, economic, political, and military analysis, Mann offers new insight into the many consequences of choosing war.
