Review by Jonathan Power
The Invention of Peace. Reflections on War and International Order
By Michael Howard
Yale University Press, 2000
The professor of military history of the universities of Yale and
Oxford here in a short book distills the great historical sweep of
his earlier volumes. With his usual felicity of expression he
explains the origins of war in human society, its ingrained nature
through the millennia, and argues that it would be foolish to believe
that after the Cold War permanent peace has come upon us.
I recomend this book for those who like the long view of history and
who like to be convinced that mankind will never change its
(violent)spots!
Jonathan Power
March 2002