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The Origins of War Prevention: The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1730-1854
The Origins of War Prevention The British Peace Movement and International Relations 17301854 Author:Martin Ceadel This book makes an original contribution to international relations and British politics. It identifies for the first time the dominant pre-modern theory of international relations, which fatalistically assumed that war was beyond human control. It then shows how this theory was undermined from the 1730s onwards, with the consequence that a deba... more »te began about how best to prevent war in which a vocal minority argued that war as an institution for settling disputes could be abolished.« less