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The Origins of War Prevention

By Martin Caedel

The Origins of War Prevention Law

The Origins of War Prevention

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This book makes an original contribution to international relations and British politics. It identifies for the first time the dominant pre-modern theory of international relations, which fatalistically assumed that war was beyond human control. It then shows how this theory was undermined from the 1730s onwards, with the consequence that a debate began about how best to prevent war, in which a vocal minority argued that war as an institution for settling disputes could be abolished. Britain led the way in this repudiation of fatalism and exploration of pacific alternatives: it produced the world's first peace movement (which appeared in the mid-1790s as a response to the French wars) and the first enduring national peace association (the Peace Society, founded in 1816 and active for nearly a century); and it was the first country to allow peace thinking (for example, as expounded by Richard Cobden) to enter its political mainstream.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
596
Release Date:
1996-05-23
Publication Date:
1996-03-28
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198226748
ISBN13:
9780198226741
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1051 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
36 cm
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