ABOUT WAR: Making Sense of War by Christopher K Pike PAPERBACK 9781839523786

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ABOUT WARMaking Sense of War\nAuthor(s): Christopher K Pike\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The Self-Publishing Partnership Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Brown Dog Books\nISBN-13: 9781839523786, 978-1839523786\nSynopsis\nWar has been a constant of human history. From the fortified settlements of the Neolithic to the trenches of the Somme, from the Cold War nuclear standoff to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, organised violence has shaped the destinies of peoples, nations, and empires. Yet despite its persistence, war remains one of the least understood of human activities. Too often it is confused with warfare, reduced to the mechanics of battles and technology, rather than recognised as a political act with profound consequences.\n\nTheMaking Sense of Wartrilogy by Christopher K. Pike confronts this gap directly. It offers a sustained, multidisciplinary study of wars causes, conduct, and consequences, drawing on history, politics, strategy, sociology, psychology, and international re.