Pejcinovic, Lacy.

War in international society [electronic resource] / Lacy Pejcinovic. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - xi, 234 p. : ill. - The new international relations . - New international relations. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally put forward by Hedley Bull. It offers a comprehensive examination of what is entailed in thinking of war as a social institution and as a mechanism for order"--


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203553282 (electronic bk.)




War and society--History.


Electronic books.

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