Can War be Eliminated?

Christopher Coker (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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English

Polity Press
07 March 2014

Theory of warfare & military science

Series: Global Futures

Throughout history, war seems to have had an iron grip on humanity. In this short book, internationally renowned philosopher of war, Christopher Coker, challenges the view that war is an idea that we can cash in for an even better one - peace. War, he argues, is central to the human condition; it is part of the evolutionary inheritance which has allowed us to survive and thrive. New technologies and new geopolitical battles may transform the face and purpose of war in the 21st century, but our capacity for war remains undiminished. The inconvenient truth is that we will not see the end of war until it exhausts its own evolutionary possibilities.

By: Christopher Coker (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780745679228
ISBN 10: 0745679226
Series: Global Futures
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 07 March 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prologue x 1 Evolution 1 2 Culture 17 3 Technology 34 4 Geopolitics 53 5 Peace 74 6 Humanity 90 Further Reading 109 Notes 114

Christopher Coker is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Reviews for Can War be Eliminated?

This brilliant work cannot fail to stimulate debate and advance understanding. It is gloriously replete with arguments from and about philosophy, biology, sociology and the course of our all too human history. The reasons for the grim longevity of war have rarely been more cogently explained or better illustrated by telling anecdote. Colin Gray, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Reading A wide-ranging meditation on the embeddedness of war- in our cultures, our minds and our expectations - and its evolution by one of the subject's most erudite, informed and reflective scholars. Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles Christopher Coker's new book is a masterpiece of erudite concision in which I learned something new on every page. He is not only Britain's leading philosopher of warfare, but a prolific historian who puts the competition to shame. Michael Burleigh, author of Small Wars, Faraway Places: Global Insurrection and The Making of the Modern World