War in international society / / Lacy Pejcinovic

• Autore: Pejcinovic Lacy
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/6
• Soggetto topico: War and society - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; War, institutions and international actors; Identity, rights and necessity in justifications for war; Structure of the book; 1.The Theory of International Society and Institutions; The element of 'society' in international relations theory; Wight and Bull: the first generation; The new generations: international society after Wight and Bull; Institutions of international society; History and war as an institution; 2. Infidels, Barbarians, and Dominium ; The nature of 'international society' in the late medieval periodMuslim infidels, dominium rights, and justifying war; Justifying war in the conquest of the new world; Conclusion; 3. Kings and Heretics in Late Medieval War; Theories of kingship and war; The great european divide: wars of religion and the construction of war as an institution; The corporeal metaphor and justifications for war; Conclusion; 4. Great Powers and War in the Nineteenth Century; International society in the age of revolutions; The Napoleonic wars, the peace of Europe and the institution of war ; Slavery, identity and states' rights: the American Civil WarNecessity and the overseas manifestation of European rivalry; Conclusion; 5. Historical Time, Commerce,and Tutelage; The Enlightenment and non-European others; Commerce and tutelage as strategic and moral necessity; The creation of British India; The Opium Wars; The Berlin West Africa conference and war; Conclusion; 6. Wars of Decolonisation; International society in the twentieth century; Decolonisation and the expansion of international society; France and Algeria; Portuguese decolonisation; Conclusion; 7. The Era of Total War ; The world wars and war crimesThe Cold War and nuclear weapons; Conclusion; Conclusion; International society in the twenty-first century; Reflections on war in the twenty-first century; Is war still an institution?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally put forward by Hedley Bull. It offers a comprehensive examination of what is entailed in thinking of war as a social institution and as a mechanism for order"--
• Titolo autorizzato: War in international society
• ISBN: 0-203-55328-4; 1-299-46951-5; 1-135-62900-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452688003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New international relations.