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Systems of war and peace / Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caplow, Theodore.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War (International law).
- Peace.
- War and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) ; cm.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2002.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2002.
- Contents:
- PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS: War as a social institution
- Peace as a social institution
- Theoretical models of war and peace
- International law
- The contemporary war system
- PART TWO: MILITARY SYSTEMS: The origins of modern military organizations
- Modern military organizations
- Military culture
- Military technology
- Military success and failure
- The social effects of war
- PART THREE: PEACEKEEPING SYSTEMS: Peace projects
- Peacekeeping organizations
- Arms control
- Postscript
- Appendix: The analysis of particular wars.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-9314-8
- OCLC:
- 654696529
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