WAR, PEACE AND EMPIRE
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE SYMPOSIUM READINGS VOLUME V
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About the Book
Certainly the experience of war has left an indelible mark on human
consciousness. Much has been written about the causes of war, how
to conduct it, how to deal with its consequences, and how to promote
peace instead. Yet, what is necessary to establish peace remains as
debatable as determining the causes of war.
The readings in War, Peace, and Empire, assembled and introduced by
Dr. Daniel Lang, professor of political science at Lynchburg College, offer
a broad perspective on questions and issues emerging from the problems
presented by war, peace, and empire. This volume provides readers
with texts and excerpts from some of the most notable contributions
over the centuries. It includes selections drawn from standard discourses
in Western thought—by writers such as Thucydides, Machiavelli,
Clausewitz, and Churchill—and from other texts, less familiar to Western
readers, such as The Crescent and the Cross and The Muqaddimah.
Presented in counterpoint to these early texts are the newer views of
20th century minds—Gandhi, Paul Kennedy, Benjamin Barber, and
Samuel P. Huntington.
War, Peace, and Empire is the fifth in the 10-volume series, Lynchburg
College Symposium Readings, 3rd edition. Each volume presents primary
texts organized around an interdisciplinary, liberal arts theme, such as
education, politics, social issues, science and technology, or morals and
ethics. The series has been developed by Lynchburg College faculty for
use in the Senior Symposium and the Lynchburg College Symposium
Readings Program (SS/LCSR). While these programs are distinctive to
Lynchburg College, the texts are used on many college campuses across
the nation, as well as by readers interested in signifi cant original texts
on important issues.
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