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John Keegan, widely considered the greatest military historian of our time and the author of acclaimed volumes on ancient and modern warfare--including, most recently, The First World War, a national bestseller--distills what he knows about the why's and how's of armed conflict into a series of brilliantly concise essays.
Is war a natural condition of humankind? What are the origins of war? Is the modern state dependent on warfare? How does war affect the individual, combatant or noncombatant? Can there be an end to war? Keegan addresses these questions with a breathtaking knowledge of history and the many other disciplines that have attempted to explain the phenomenon. The themes Keegan concentrates on in this short volume are essential to our understanding of why war remains the single greatest affliction of humanity in the twenty-first century, surpassing famine and disease, its traditional companions.
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Robert Craft
reviewed War and Our World on April 24, 2010
War and Our World
This short, 74 page volume, was originally presented as a series of lectures on the BBC. Ultimately disappointing: perhaps because the transcript of a series of lectures written to be heard cannot serve as well as a series of essays written to be read.
Keegan is an esteemed writer of military history. I was awed by his history of World War One. Here he tries, with some success, to discuss why war happens. He expounds on the most prevalent theories and comes to the conclusion that nobody really knows.
The last Chapter, "War and the Individual", is the most compelling and left me both frightened and hopeful.
I was left pondering, not only the nature of war but also the nature of humankind. A worthwhile exercise, I believe.
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