{"product_id":"war-how-conflict-shaped-us","title":"War: How Conflict Shaped Us","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWar: How Conflict Shaped Us\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMargaret MacMillan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780735238046\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Canada\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThoughtful and brilliant insights into the very nature of war--from the ancient Greeks to modern times--from world-renowned historian Margaret MacMillan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWar, the instinct to fight, is inherent in human nature; peace is the aberration in history. War has shaped humanity, its institutions, its states, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and challenging subject not least because it brings out the most vile and the noblest aspects of humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret MacMillan looks at the ways in which war has shaped human history and how, in turn, changes in political organization, technology, or ideologies have affected how and why we fight. The book considers such much-debated and controversial issues as when war first started; whether human nature dooms us to fight each other; why war has been described as the most organized of all human activities and how it has forced us to become still more organized; how warriors are made and why are they almost always men; and how we try to control war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on lessons from a sweep of history and from all parts of the globe, MacMillan reveals the many faces of war--the way it shapes our past, our future, our views of the world, and our very conception of ourselves.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Canada","offers":[{"title":"War: How Conflict Shaped Us | Margaret MacMillan | Paperback | 9780735238046 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1770829","offer_id":49550499283096,"sku":"1770829","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/716Z1Ky3BzL.jpg?v=1784898354","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/war-how-conflict-shaped-us","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}