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On Wars

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2023

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A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them

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Michael Mann is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Honorary Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of the award-winning book series The Sources of Social Power and of Incoherent Empire, Fascists, and The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. He lives in Venice, CA.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Preface

    vii
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    1. Military Power and War

    1
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    2. Is War Universal?

    15
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    3. Theories of the Causes of War

    30
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    4. The Roman Republic

    52
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    5. Ancient China

    89
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    6. Imperial China

    109
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    7. Medieval and Modern Japan

    145
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    8. A Thousand Years of Europe

    180
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    9. Seven Hundred Years of South and Central America

    225
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    10. The Decline of War?

    271
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    11. Fear and Loathing on the Battlefield I

    311
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    12. Fear and Loathing on the Battlefield II

    337
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    13. Fear and Loathing on the Battlefield III

    378
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    14. Recent Wars in Muslim Countries

    413
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    15. Possible Futures

    464
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    Conclusion: Patterns of War

    481
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    Notes

    519
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    Bibliography

    547
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    Index

    585
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9780300274974
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