War in international society
"Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally put forward by Hedley Bull. It offers a comprehensive examination of what is en...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge ,
c2013
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| Series: | The new international relations
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The theory of international society and institutions
- 2. Infidels, barbarians and dominium
- 3. Kings and Heretics in late medieval war
- 4. Great powers and war in the nineteenth century
- 5. historical time, commerce, and tutelage
- 6. Wars of decolonisation
- 7. The era of total war