War Machine: The Rationalisation of Slaughter in the Modern Age by Daniel Pick ISBN 13: 9780300054170

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 1993-05-26. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Yale University Press, 1993; no later printings indicated. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good; previous owner book plate on front paste-down, previous owner name at top edge of title page. Unclipped dust jacket in VG condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Yale University Press, 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780300054170

Yale University Press, 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780300054170

Yale University Press, 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780300054170

Yale University Press. Very Good. 1993. Large Format Paperback. 9vo 0300054173 292 PAGES CLEAN AND TIGHT. This book examines Western perceptions of war in and beyond the 19th-century, surveying the writings of novelists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, poets, natural scientists, journalists and soldiers to trace the origins of modern philosophies about the nature of war and conflict. Daniel Pick compares philosophical and historical modes of conflict with fictions of invasion and biological speculations about the nature and value of conquest. He discusses the work of such well-known commentators as Clausewitz, Engels and von Bernhardi, and examines little-known war writings by Proudhon, De Quincey, Ruskin, Valery, Reich and many others. Pick explores why so many major 19th-century writers justified war and even considered it rational and indespensible to social survival. And, conversely, he shows that during the course of the century, war was increasingly depicted as a machine running… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, a study of Western thought on war, bibliography, index, 292 pages

New York: Yale University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. [8], 292 pp. Bound in blue boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.