The Causes of War
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The Causes of War

Volume IV: 1650 - 1800

  1. 504 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Causes of War

Volume IV: 1650 - 1800

About this book

This is the fourth volume of a projected six-volume series charting the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day, written by a leading international lawyer, and using as its principal materials the documentary history of international law, largely in the form of treaties and the negotiations which led up to them. These volumes seek to show why millions of people, over thousands of years, slew each other. In departing from the various theories put forward by historians, anthropologists and psychologists, the author offers a different taxonomy of the causes of war, focusing on the broader settings of politics, religion, migrations and empire-building. These four contexts were dominant and often overlapping justifications during the first four thousand years of human civilisation, for which written records exist.

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Information

Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781509944606
eBook ISBN
9781509912186
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. I. Introduction
  3. II. The Glorious Revolution
  4. III. The Wars of Louis XIV
  5. IV. The Interregnum
  6. V. The War of Austrian Succession
  7. VI. The Seven Years War
  8. VII. The War of American Independence
  9. VIII. The French Revolution
  10. IX. Slavery
  11. X. The Wars of North and Eastern Europe
  12. XI. Religion
  13. XII. The Muslim Territories
  14. XIII. China and its Neighbours
  15. XIV. Grand Plans for Peace
  16. XV. Conclusion
  17. Index