The first book in Polity's exciting new 'Global Futures' series, which focuses on the key questions set to determine the kind of world we're shaping for generations to come.
This short, punchy book makes a bold and compelling case for the continuation of war through the 21st century and beyond.

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.

Autorentext

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

Zusammenfassung

• The first book in Polity s exciting new Global Futures series, which focuses on the key questions set to determine the kind of world we re shaping for generations to come. * This short, punchy book makes a bold and compelling case for the continuation of war through the 21st century and beyond.

Inhalt

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