The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order

michael eliot howard

Not until the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century did war come to be regarded an unmitigated evil; only after the massive slaughter of two world wards did peace become the declaratory objective of "civilized" statesAuthor Michael Howard has been Professor of War Studies at King's College, London, Chichele Professor of History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale.

Genres historypoliticsnonfictionmilitary fictionschoolwarphilosophypolitical scienceinternational relations

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2000

This edition

Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Published: April 23, 2001 by Profile Books
ISBN: 9781861973269
ASIN: 1861973268
Language: English

About the author

michael eliot howard

Sir Michael Eliot Howard was an English military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University, and founder of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. In 1958, he co-founded the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
In 2013, Howard was described in the Financial Times as "Britain's greatest living historian". The Guardian described him as "Britain's foremost expert on conflict".