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War Stories
Bruce D. Larkin
出版
P. Lang
, 2001
主題
History / Military / General
Political Science / General
Political Science / Comparative Politics
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Security (National & International)
Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy
Technology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN
082045107X
9780820451077
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Z7cgAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
War continues to occur and bewilder, despite the keen attention of scholars, generals, and officials. This book takes accounts of war - told, interpreted, retold, recast, and enacted - as its focus. It argues that war propagates from «war stories» into plans for the future. The vehicle is politics, ongoing, surging negotiation of interpretations and designs. Politics defies closure in civil society, but governments must take authoritative decisions. If war stories in circulation confirm war preparations, war threats, and war itself as «appropriate» for their circumstances, governments organize for war and undertake matching designs and choices. A war avoidance policy delegitimates the war choice, providing robust alternatives in mutual reassurance and collective security.