War, a cruel necessity?
Subtitle: the bases of institutionalized violence
By: edited by Robert A. Hinde, Helen E. Watson.
Contributors: Hinde, Robert A.; Watson, Helen.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: War.; War and society.; Defense industries.
Description: History is often presented in terms of a series of conquests and conflicts, a perpetual cycle of war and peace. As a result, there is rarely a focus on the socio-cultural dynamics and institutional mechanisms which maintain patterns of violence. This book examines the important questions which have often been ignored: how does war come to be seen as an acceptable way of solving conflict? How do combatants understand their roles in different situations of violence?

What factors complicate the commonplace view that war is 'a cruel necessity'?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-251) and index.