Beschreibung:
This book examines how wars end from a multidisciplinary perspective and includes enquiries into the politics of war, the laws of war, and the military and intellectual history of war.
Foreword Introduction: How do wars end? A multidisciplinary enquiry 1. Nobody wins: The victory taboo in just war theory 2. How do wars end? A strategic perspective 3. In pursuit of accountability during and after war 4. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the atom bomb, the American military mind and the end of the Second World War 5. Slow failure: Understanding America's quagmire in Afghanistan