Why Nations Go to War: A Sociology of Military Conflict

ISBN-13: 9780415892117 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 70 str.

MarkP Worrell

Opis

In this brief book, America's relationship with war is explored with an eye toward changes in capitalism from industrialism to post-industrialism, America's involvement in the Cold War, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, torture, culture, and ideology. The goal of this new, unique Series is to offer readable, teachable thinking frames on today's social problems and social issues by leading scholars, all in short 60 page or shorter formats. For instructors teaching a wide range of courses in the social sciences, the Routledge Social Issues Collection now offers the best of both worlds: originally written short texts that provide overviews to important social issues as well as teachable excerpts from larger works previously published by Routledge and other presses.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 3. The Economic Functions of War 4. The Social and Cultural Elements of War 5. Conclusion: War and Freedom

O autorze

Mark P. Worrell teaches Sociological Theory and courses in Politics, Religion, and Culture at the State University of New York at Cortland. Author of one previous book, Dialectic of Solidarity: Labor, Antisemitism, and the Frankfurt School, Professor Worrell has published widely in scholarly journals including Telos, Rethinking Marxism, Fast Capitalism, and Current Perspectives in Social Theory.