Ebook: War, peace and international relations

War, Peace and International Relations is an introduction to the strategic history ofthe past two centuries, years which were shaped and reshaped by wars. The bookshows that war is not only about warfare – the military conduct of war – but is crucialto the political, social and cultural behaviour of states.Written by leading strategist Professor Colin Gray, this textbook provides studentswith a good grounding in the contribution of war to the development of the modernworld, from the pre-industrial era to the post-industrial age of international terrorismand smart weapons.