Politics and War: European Conflict from Philip II to Hitler

by David Kaiser and David E. Kaiser

Book Overview

David Kaiser looks at four hundred years of modern European history to find the political causes of general war in four distinct periods (1559-1659, 1661-1713, 1792-1815, and 1914-1945). He shows how war became a natural function of politics, a logical consequence of contemporary political behavior. Rather than fighting simply to expand, states in each war fought for specific political and economic reasons. The book illustrates the extraordinary power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674688155
• ISBN13: 9780674688155
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"