Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity.
Her previous books include Paris 1919, The War That Ended Peace, Nixon and Mao, Dangerous Games , and Women of the Raj ..
Antony\'s College at Oxford University.
In 2002 she became Provost of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, and from 2007 to 2017 she was the Warden of St.
She received her PhD from Oxford University and became a member of the history faculty at Ryerson University in 1975.
About author(s): Margaret MacMillan is emeritus professor of international history at the University of Oxford and professor of history at the University of Toronto.
War: How Conflict Shaped Us explores such much-debated and controversial questions as: When did war first start? Does human nature doom us to fight one another? Why has war been described as the most organized of all human activities? Why are warriors almost always men? Is war ever within our control? Drawing on lessons from wars throughout the past, from classical history to the present day, MacMillan reveals the many faces of war--the way it has determined our past, our future, our views of the world, and our very conception of ourselves.
Margaret MacMillan looks at the ways in which war has influenced human society and how, in turn, changes in political organization, technology, or ideologies have affected how and why we fight.
War is an uncomfortable and challenging subject not least because it brings out both the vilest and the noblest aspects of humanity.
Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, and some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war.
War has Shaped humanity\'s history, its social and political institutions, its values and ideas.
McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World The instinct to fight may be innate in human nature, but war--organized violence--comes with organized society.
And she has shown us how in this brilliant, elegantly written book."--H.
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She is right that we must, more than ever, think about war. . . .
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE EAST HAMPTON STAR " Margaret MacMillan has produced another seminal work.
Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity
