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  War and the Liberal Conscience (Paperback) By (author) Sir Michael Howard

  

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  Short Description for War and the Liberal ConscienceWhich is better, appeasement or a war to end war? Such questions reflect the confusion that besets liberal-minded men and women in the face of war. This work traces the pattern in their attitudes from Erasmus to the Americans after Vietnam, and concludes that peacemaking 'is a task which has to be tackled afresh every day of our lives'.
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  • Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
  • Published: 19 March 2008
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Theory Of Warfare & Military Science | Military History
  • ISBN 13: 9781850658917 ISBN 10: 1850658919
  • Sales rank: 318,646

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• Isn't war rooted in the vested interests of the ruling classes? (But have not democracies proved as bellicose as other states?) Should not political disputes be settled by civilised negotiations? (But what if the adversary is not, by your standards, 'civilised'?) Ought states to steer clear of other states' internal conflicts? (Or should they help liberate oppressed peoples?) Which is better, appeasement or a war to end war? Such questions reflect the confusion that still besets liberal-minded men and women in the face of war, despite centuries during which they have tried to discover its causes and secure its abolition. Sir Michael Howard traces the pattern in their attitudes from Erasmus to the Americans after Vietnam, and concludes that peacemaking 'is a task which has to be tackled afresh every day of our lives'.