The Joy of War and the Future of Humanity

The title is in imitation of Julia Child's Joy of Cooking and Alex Comfort's Joy of Sex (although theirs are about "how to," and mine is a critical essay.) I choose this title because there is a widespread aversion to war today in many quarters. Academic historians are often anti...

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Main Author: Mazlish, Bruce (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. History Section (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Walter de Gruyter, 2017-01-11T21:34:36Z.
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