The Lessons of History - Softcover

Howard, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192852817 ISBN 13: 9780192852816

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1993

Synopsis

This volume brings together the major articles and lectures of Sir Michael Howard during his time at the University of Oxford between 1980 and 1989. Some reflect on contemporary events, but most are broadly concerned with the historical process which underlies international politics, and the nature of the insights which historians should be able to bring to the study of world affairs. In particular, they deal with the evolution of nations and nationalism in 19th-century Europe, and the relationship of that evolution to the transformation of agrarian into industrial societies; that process of modernization which, beginning in western Europe in the 18th century, was by the end of the 20th to encompass the entire world.

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In this highly readable new book, one of the most eminent military historians in the world discusses the processes of historical change that ignited European wars of the twentieth century. Michael Howard ponders the continuing significance of nationalism, explores the conflicting ideologies that arose from industrialism, and argues that, despite the tendency of modern societies to dedicate themselves to material welfare rather than to heroic achievement, organized violence remains a norm.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0192852817
• ISBN 13: 9780192852816
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 222