Violence and Peace
From the Atomic Bomb to Ethnic Cleansing
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-85866-075-2 (ISBN)
Description
Building a bridge between political philosophy and the analysis of current affairs, as well as between the author's personal experience and the collective dramas of the twentieth century, Pierre Hassner stresses two major features of our time: the decline of interstate war as a realistic prospect, and the increase in domestic and transnational violence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85866-075-2 (9781858660752)
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Person
Pierre Hassner is Research Director at the Centre d'etudes et de recherches internationales (CERI) in Paris and Professor at both the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris and the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center.
Content
Introduction. Part 1: Violence and rationality Part 2: Nuclear deterrence Part 3: Totalitarianism Part 4: Nationalism Part 5: Tensions Conclusion