{"product_id":"only-the-dead-the-persistence-of-war-in-the-modern-age-9780190849535","title":"Only the Dead: The Persistence of War in the Modern Age","description":"The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in \u003cem\u003eOnly the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn't have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller\u003cbr\u003eshows that the evidence simply doesn't support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders--sets of expectations\u003cbr\u003eabout behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that war made the state and the state made war, Braumoeller shows argues that the\u003cbr\u003esame is true of international orders: while they reduce conflict within their borders, they can also clash violently with one another, as the Western and communist orders did throughout the Cold War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth highly readable and rigorous, \u003cem\u003e Only the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e offers a realistic assessment of humanity's quest to abolish warfare. While pessimists have been too quick to discount the successes of our attempts to reduce international conflict, optimists are prone to put too much faith in human nature. Reality\u003cbr\u003elies somewhere in between: While the aspirations of humankind to govern its behavior with reason and justice have had shocking success in moderating the harsh dictates of \u003cem\u003erealpolitik\u003c\/em\u003e, the institutions that we have created to prevent war are unlikely to achieve anything like total success--as\u003cbr\u003eevidenced by the multitude of conflicts in recent decades. As the old adage advises us, only the dead have seen the end of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bear F. Braumoeller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190849535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBear F. Braumoeller \u003c\/strong\u003eis a professor in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University who studies Great Power politics, international conflict, complex systems, and statistical methodology. He earned his Bachelor's degree at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. at the University\u003cbr\u003eof Michigan. He has previously been a faculty member at Harvard University and the University of Illinois and has been a Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. His first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Powers and the International System\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Best Book Award from the International Studies Association as well\u003cbr\u003eas the J. David Singer Award\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40287220367475,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1eebb1d2-5c68-48f6-908c-27046c121955.jpg?v=1658236130","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/only-the-dead-the-persistence-of-war-in-the-modern-age-9780190849535","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}