دانلود کتاب The Glorious Art of Peace: From the Iliad to Iraq

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Cover
Contents
List of Plates
Introduction
1. The Perception of Peace and War
The language of peace and war
The statistics of peace and war
The benefits of peace and war
The anthropology of peace and war
Minoan peace? A case study
2. Ancient Peace: From Homer to the Warring States
Peace and war in the Iliad
Peace and war in the Chinese classics
Peace and war in the city-states
Peace and war in the Warring States
3. The Morality of Peace: From Jesus to the Crusades
Pacifism in the early Christian Church
St Augustine and Just War
Peace and war in the Middle Ages
Pax dei and the popular voice
Opposition to the Crusades
4. The Humanist Approach: Erasmus and Shakespeare
Erasmus: the peace pioneer
Juan Luis Vives
Erasmus and Machiavelli
Shakespeare on peace and war
Two problem plays
5. The Growth of Peace Consciousness: From the Enlightenment to The Hague
Peace and the Enlightenment
The birth of the peace societies
The humanitarian impulse
The Hague Conference and beyond
6. Alternatives to War: The League of Nations and Non-violence
High hopes for the League
The World Disarmament Conference
The Peace Ballot
The ‘failure’ of the League
The non-violent alternative
7. The Misappropriation of Peace: From the UN to the Cold War
The founding of the UN
Peace as propaganda
Missed opportunities
Obstacles to understanding
8. Giving Peace a Chance: From the Cold War to Iraq
The peace movement revival
Banning the bomb
The 1990s: the missing peace dividend
The ‘failure’ of the UN
Towards the Iraq War
Conclusion: Peace in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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