War and Ideas: Selected Essays

by John E. Mueller

Book Overview

This book collects the key essays, together with updating notes and commentary, of Professor John Mueller on war and the role of ideas and opinions.

Mueller has maintained that war (and peace) are, in essence, merely ideas, and that war has waned as the notion that 'peace' is a decidedly good idea has gained currency. The first part of the book extends this argument, noting that as ideas have spread, war is losing out not only in the developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415781779
• ISBN13: 9780415781770
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"