War (eBook)

How Conflict Shaped Us

Margaret MacMillan (Autor)

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2020
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9781782835486 (ISBN)

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New York Times 10 Best Books of 2020Sunday Times best books for Autumn 2020Guardian critics' pick for Autumn 2020Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020The 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 Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a military conflict ongoing every year since 1945. The same can be said for every century of recorded history. Is war, therefore, an essential part of being human? In War, Professor Margaret MacMillan explores the deep links between society and war and the questions they raise. We learn when war began - whether among early homo sapiens or later, as we began to organise ourselves into tribes and settle in communities. We see the ways in which war reflects changing societies and how war has brought change - for better and worse.Economies, science, technology, medicine, culture: all are instrumental in war and have been shaped by it - without conflict it we might not have had penicillin, female emancipation, radar or rockets. Throughout history, writers, artists, film-makers, playwrights, and composers have been inspired by war - whether to condemn, exalt or simply puzzle about it. If we are never to be rid of war, how should we think about it and what does that mean for peace?

Autor

Margaret MacMillan is Emeritus Professor of International History, University of Oxford and Professor of History, University of Toronto. She is the author of Women of the Raj and the international bestsellers Seize the Hour and Peacemakers, which won the 2002 Samuel Johnson Prize, and The War that Ended Peace, The Uses and Abuses of History and History's People, all published by Profile.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.10.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 16 page plate section
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: A Heavy Reckoning • All Against All Jankowski • Antony Beevor • Cundill History Prize • Human nature • Identity Fukuyama • margaret macmillan • Mark of Cain • Max Hastings • New York Time Best Books 2020 • Reith Lectures • Second World War • Silk Roads Frankopan • Sunday Times • Talking to Strangers Gladwell • The War that Ended Peace • Why the West Rules for Now
• ISBN-13: 9781782835486 / 9781782835486