THE LESSONS OF HISTORY, by Michael Howard (1991 1st Ed.)

Author: Michael Howard. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, USA, 1991, 1st Edition. Printed in USA. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 217 pages including index. BONUS: An original 'Blue Heron Book Store' book marker is included, as is the original price label on the back cover from the famous Blue Heron Book Store in Comox, BC.

THE LESSONS OF HISTORY, by Michael Howard, is an important book by one of the most eminent military historians in the world, and discusses the processes of historical change that spawned the European wars of the twentieth century. 

In a series of elegantly written essays, Michael Howard ponders the continuing significance of nationalism and its relationship to the growth of industrial societies, modernization, and war. He explores the conflicting ideologies that arose from industrialism, tracing the development of new political organisms and attitudes as mass communications and universal education raised and transformed the level of political consciousness throughout the world.

"The vital questions which confront not only students of war but all concerned with peace and security are, why wars happen; how, if necessary, they should be fought; and above all how they can be prevented...An understanding [of these issues] is impossible without some insight into the way in which societies have developed in the past and with them their cultures and their value systems."--Michael Howard

ISBN: 9780300047282

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