{"product_id":"can-war-be-eliminated-9780745679235","title":"Can War be Eliminated","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* The first book in Polity   s exciting new    Global Futures    series, which focuses on the key questions set to determine the kind of world we   re shaping for generations to come.    * This short, punchy book makes a bold and compelling case for the continuation of war through the 21st century and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This brilliant work cannot fail to stimulate debate and advance understanding. It is gloriously replete with arguments from and about philosophy, biology, sociology and the course of our all too human history. The reasons for the grim longevity of war have rarely been more cogently explained or better illustrated by telling anecdote.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eColin Gray, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A wide-ranging meditation on the embeddedness of war- in our cultures, our minds and our expectations - and its evolution by one of the subject's most erudite, informed and reflective scholars.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhilip Bobbitt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shield of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Christopher Coker's new book is a masterpiece of erudite concision in which I learned something new on every page. He is not only Britain's leading philosopher of warfare, but a prolific historian who puts the competition to shame.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Burleigh, author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars, Faraway Places: Global Insurrection\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Modern World\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"From pre-modern city-state to post-modern cyberspace, Christopher Coker reminds us that war is a natural part of our human condition. Both idealists and realists will benefit from reading this small gem of a book from an outstanding scholar of the role of war in the history of ideas.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Evans, General Sir Francis Hassett Chair of Military Studies, Australian Defence College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"With searingly elegant prose, Professor Coker brings a vast array of ideas and events to bear on one of the most pressing issues of this or any other time.  A must-read book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteven Metz, Director of Research, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \"This book will be of great value to those interested and engaged in the current philosophical, psychological, sociological and political debates regarding the nature, purpose and future prospects of war.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Political Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Evolution 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Culture 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Technology 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Geopolitics 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Peace 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Humanity 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 114\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49930708975959,"sku":"9780745679235","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745679235.jpg?v=1738626843","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/can-war-be-eliminated-9780745679235","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}