Confronting War: An Examination of Humanity's Most Pressing Problem, 4th ed.

By Ronald J. Glossop

Book Overview

This immensely successful textbook is broken into four parts. Part One: Introduction to the War Problem discusses the nature of the war problem, the conceptual framework, and the historical framework. Part Two: Causes of War talks about the cause of war, group competition and group identification, other views about causes of war, and the value of war. In Part Three: The Contemporary Situation, the reader will learn about ideological aspects, national-historical aspects, military aspects, institutional aspects, and legal aspects of the contemporary situation. Part Four: Proposals for Solving the War Problem discusses reforming the attitudes of individuals, reforming the internal operation of national governments, reforming the policies of national governments, and reforming the international system. It also includes maps, tables and charts which will be especially helpful to the reader.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078641121X
• ISBN13: 9780786411214
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

US Policy in Conflict

It a fair book on the causes of conflict and US Policy to global trends. It is a little old. I hope a new edition comes out

An outstanding textbook

Ronald Glossop's "Confronting War: An Examination of Humanity's Most Pressing Problem," is an outstanding textbook. The author divides the text into four parts; Introduction to the War Problem; Causes of War; The Contemporary Situation; and Proposals for Solving the War Problem. Part one is a conceptual and historical framework of war; part two probes the cause of war and examines mainstream views and values of war; part three is a strong inspection of the military and institutional behavior of war; and part four is an analysis of reforms. Professor Glossop correctly opens the narrative in part one with a succinct but powerful message, "War is about power and the use of physical violence to determine which party in a conflict will prevail." From this starting point onwards the author presents a sophisticated array of information certain to aid the war discovery process. Overall, this book is well researched and expertly written. Moreover, the notes and bibliography are superb. In conclusion, this textbook is a valuable asset for those who believe in the serious practice of conflict resolution. Bert Ruiz