{"product_id":"can-war-be-eliminated-hardback-9780745679228","title":"Can War be Eliminated? (Hardback) 9780745679228","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCan War be Eliminated?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Coker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745679228, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e120 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.8 x 13.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThroughout history, war seems to have had an iron grip on humanity. In this short book, internationally renowned philosopher of war, Christopher Coker, challenges the view that war is an idea that we can cash in for an even better one - peace. War, he argues, is central to the human condition; it is part of the evolutionary inheritance which has allowed us to survive and thrive. New technologies and new geopolitical battles may transform the face and purpose of war in the 21st century, but our capacity for war remains undiminished. The inconvenient truth is that we will not see the end of war until it exhausts its own evolutionary possibilities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407335256344,"sku":"9780745679228","price":34.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745679228.jpg?v=1784163213","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/can-war-be-eliminated-hardback-9780745679228","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}