Description - Big Wars: Why do they happen and when will be the next one? by John Storey
p>World War II was the biggest and most destructive war in history./p> p>For two centuries wars had grown ever larger, with the use of more terrible weaponsbr />and rising casualties, culminating in the cataclysmic global events of 1939 45. Andbr />then, quite suddenly, large international wars have all but disappeared. What causedbr />wars to grow in size to such an extent and then shrink so precipitously? Is this abr />permanent state of affairs or could big wars make a comeback?/p> p>Lawyer and historian John P Storey explores these questions by looking at thebr />evolution of military technology and tactics over the long history of warfare. Frombr />ancient bronze spears and chariots to World War II tanks and warplanes, frombr />the nuclear weapons of the Cold War to the drones and robotics of the future, thebr />changes in our methods of waging war has had, and will continue to have, a majorbr />impact on their size and destructiveness. The sobering conclusion Storey makes isbr />that, based on past trends and the weapons in the pipeline for the future, there is abr />much higher risk of there being much bigger wars in the coming decades/p>
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