{"product_id":"about-war-making-sense-of-war-9781839523786","title":"ABOUT WAR: Making Sense of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar, like death and taxes, seems eternal but is it \u003cem\u003einevitable\u003c\/em\u003e? Do nations simply blunder into it? What is victory and how is it achieved?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe author of this original and lively study answers these and other perennial questions about War and Warfare (not the same thing) that scholars often ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePike explains how strategy fuses objectives and action, how war leaders invariably (and literally) lose the plot; how the relationship between generals and politicians is key.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe looks at nuclear war and provides some provocative insights; he argues that Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) – while a hideous concept – provides strategic stability.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe also highlights the absurdity and folly of past wars – football wars, wars about pigs or ears – but stresses that wars, a last resort once diplomacy has failed, are lost by those blinded by hubris, irresolution or simple strategic confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is the first volume in a trilogy \u003cem\u003e‘Making Sense of War’.\u003c\/em\u003e ‘War in Context’ will be published in the spring\/summer of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Both learned and a joy to read, Pike synthesises 2,000 years of scholarship and cuts through the fog of war and history.’ A\u003c\/em\u003entony Bird (writer and historian)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brown Dog Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535529345367,"sku":"9781839523786","price":11.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781839523786.jpg?v=1755862056","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/about-war-making-sense-of-war-9781839523786","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}