Perpetual war for perpetual peace

✍ Scribed by Divine, Robert A

• Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Series: Foreign relations and the presidency no. 5
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Robert A. Divine examines the process of going to war and seeks patterns showing how and why the nation becomes involved in hostilities. He then turns to the way the United States wages war, looking at how it uses force to achieve political ends. Finally, he considers how leaders bring wars to an end, a process that sheds perhaps the most light of all on the national character. Repeatedly, Divine concludes, America seeks to use warfare to create a better and more stable world, only to meet with unexpected outcomes and the seeds of new hostility. Ironically, Divine finds that America's high ideals continually prevent the very peace the nation seeks." "In the epilogue, Divine applies his points to the final American war of the century, the conflict in Kosovo."--Jacket. Read more...

Abstract:

A thoughtful retrospective of America's wars of the 20th century, this text examines the process of going to war and seeks patterns showing how and why the nation becomes involved in hostilities. Read more...

✦ Subjects

United States -- History, Military -- 20th century. United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century -- Philosophy. National characteristics, American. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy United States.