A Political History of the World
Three Thousand Years of War and Peace
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- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2019
Summary
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peace
In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent over one hundred years at war. The dream of peace has been universal in the history of humanity. So why have we so rarely been able to achieve it?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241395561 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241395569 |
| Author: | Jonathan Holslag |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pelican |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 112mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Pelican Books |
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About The Author
Jonathan Holslag
Jonathan Holslag teaches international politics at the Free University Brussels. He is the author of several books including China’s Coming War with Asia and Trapped Giant. He is a special advisor to the Vice-President of the European Commission, a Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission, a member of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, and a Nobel Fellow at the Nobel Institute in Oslo. He has appeared on CNN, the BBC, Bloomberg, CCTV and Al Jazeera, and written for newspapers such as the Financial Times and the Guardian.
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