TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheehan,James J.
TI  - The monopoly of violence: why Europeans hate going to war 
SN  - 9780571220854 (hbk.)
AV  - 300 D 1058 S541m 2008
U1  - 327.400904 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Faber and Faber
KW  - War
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Guerra
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Peace
KW  - Proceso de paz
KW  - Europe
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Europa
KW  - Relaciones exteriores
KW  - United States
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Originally published: Houghton Mifflin, 2007; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Since 1945, the European states which had previously glamorized their military elites, and made going to war the highest expression of patriotism, have renounced violence as a way of settling their disputes. Violence has been eclipsed as a tool of statesmen. This astonishing reversal is the subject of James Sheehan's masterly book. It is also a timely reminder of the differences between Europe and America, at a time when the USA is asserting its right and duty to make war for ideological or self-interested ends. And how Europeans will live in this dangerous, violent world is a question that becomes ever more urgent as the chaos in the Middle East affects the stability of societies with open frontiers and liberal traditions
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