{"product_id":"war-in-international-thought-jens-bartelson-9781108410496","title":"War in International Thought","description":"As scholars and citizens, we are predisposed to think of war as a profoundly destructive activity that ideally should be abolished altogether. Yet before the twentieth century, war was widely understood as a productive force in human affairs that should be harnessed for the purposes of creating peace and order. Analyzing how the concept of war has been used in different contexts from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, Jens Bartelson addresses this transition by inquiring into the underlying and often unspoken assumptions about the nature of war, and how these have shaped our understanding of the modern political world and the role of war within it. He explores its functions in the process of state making and in the creation of the modern international system to bring the argument up to date to the present day, where war is now on the centre stage of world politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jens Bartelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108410499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108410496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.42w x 0.64d","brand":"Jens Bartelson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43924094124287,"sku":"9781108410496","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7d5f8ee4-91e3-4a45-bda1-823b2dc1f71b.jpg?v=1681068439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-in-international-thought-jens-bartelson-9781108410496","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}