War in international society /
Lacy Pejcinovic.
- xi, 23 p. : illustrations.
- New international relations. .
- New international relations. .
Includes bibliographical references : pages [207]-227) and index.
1. The theory of international society and institutions -- 2. Infidels, barbarians, and Dominium -- 3. Kings and heretics in late medieval war -- 4. Great powers and war in the nineteenth century -- 5. Historical time, commerce, and tutelage -- 6. Wars of decolonisation -- 7. The era of total war.
'Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally put forward by Hedley Bull. It offers a comprehensive examination of what is entailed in thinking of war as a social institution and as a mechanism for order'--