A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them Benjamin Franklin once said, “There never was a good war or a bad peace. ” But what determines whether war or peace is chosen? Award-winning sociologist Michael Mann concludes that it is a handful of political leaders―people with emotions and ideologies, and constrained by inherited culture and institutions―who undertake such decisions, usually irrationally choosing war and seldom achieving their desired results. Mann examines the history of war through the ages and acr On Wars - Michael Mann od authora Michael Mann a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Michael Mann |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
616 |
Rok vydání |
2023 |
Nakladatelství |
Yale University Press |