num_pages: 128
description: Not until the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century did war come to be regarded an unmitigated evil; only after the massive slaughter of two world wards did peace become the declaratory objective of "civilized" statesAuthor Biography: Michael Howard has been Professor of War Studies at King's College, London, Chichele Professor of History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale. 
language: English
title: The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order
titlecomplete: The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order
genres: Political Science, Politics, Philosophy, School, International Relations, Military Fiction, War, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 144
publisher: Profile Books