Perpetual war for perpetual peace
By: Robert A.Divine.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Foreign relations and the presidency ;; no. 5
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: National characteristics, American.; United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century -- Philosophy.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-109) and index.