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believe Ms. MacMillan wrote this book to underline the importance of wars s its a series of essays and not chronological history of events.
Nor, is it a single argument extending through the length of the book, For example, the first chapter is entitled “Humanity, Margaret Macmillan has a way of writing as if youre attending a conference and shes the star speaker.
From paragraph to paragraph, page to

page, chapter to chapter, everything flows easily, Its not only a history of war but also of mankind, Our fascination with war is Knowledge, Learning of the past histories is so much valuable than popular novels, In these often provocative and always thoughtful essays Margaret MacMillan looks at war as a constant phenomenon in human society from earliest times on.
She does not justify or glorify war, as some reviewers have speciously suggested, but MacMillan doesn't jump on the well written and very interesing Interesting and well written analysis of the way war has impacted humanity for ill and for good.
Some reviewers say the book glorifies war nothing could be further from the truth, It's simply clear eyed about the facts of human nature and the lasting effects of various A concise history of wars over many centuries.
MacMillan brings insight via her long career in teaching and researching history, She is a historian so some readers may find it a bit dense in places, A good view about the starts of wars and their impact on the populations, NATIONAL BESTSELLERThoughtful and brilliant insights into the very nature of war from the ancient Greeks to modern times from world renowned historian Margaret MacMillan War its imprint in our lives and our memories is all around us from the metaphors we use to the names on our maps As books movies and television series show we are drawn to the history and depiction of war Yet we nevertheless like to think of war as an aberration as the breakdown of the normal state of peace This is comforting but wrong War is woven into the fabric of human civilization In this sweeping new book international bestselling author and historian Margaret MacMillan analyzes the tangled history of war and society and our complicated feelings towards it and towards those who fight It explores the ways in which changes in society have affected the nature of war and how in turn wars have changed the societies that fight them including the ways in which women have been both participants in and the objects of warMacMillan's new book contains many revelations such as war has often been good for science and innovation and in theth century it did much for the position of women in many societies But throughout it forces the reader to reflect on the ways in which war is so intertwined with society and the myriad reasons we fightNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Thoughtful and brilliant insights into the very nature of warfrom the ancient Greeks to modern timesfrom worldrenowned historian Margaret MacMillan.


Warits imprint in our lives and our memoriesis all around us, from the metaphors we use to the names on our maps.
As books, movies, and television series show, we are drawn to the history and depiction of war, Yet we nevertheless like to think of war as an aberration, as the breakdown of the normal state of peace.
This is comforting but wrong, War is woven into the fabric of human civilization,

In this sweeping new book, international bestselling author and historian Margaret MacMillan analyzes the tangled history of war and society and our complicated feelings towards it and towards those who fight.
It explores the ways in which changes in society have affected the nature of war and how in turn wars have changed the societies that fight them, including the ways in which women have been both participants in and the objects of war.


MacMillan's new book contains many revelations, such as war has often been good for science and innovation and in theth century it did much for the position of women in many societies.
But throughout, it forces the reader to reflect on the ways in which war is so intertwined with society, and the myriad reasons we fight.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Thoughtful and brilliant insights into the very nature of warfrom the ancient Greeks to modern timesfrom worldrenowned historian Margaret MacMillan.


Warits imprint in our lives and our memoriesis all around us, from the metaphors we use to the names on our maps.
As books, movies, and television series show, we are drawn to the history and depiction of war, Yet we nevertheless like to think of war as an aberration, as the breakdown of the normal state of peace.
This is comforting but wrong, War is woven into the fabric of human civilization,

In this sweeping new book, international bestselling author and historian Margaret MacMillan analyzes the tangled history of war and society and our complicated feelings towards it and towards those who fight.
It explores the ways in which changes in society have affected the nature of war and how in turn wars have changed the societies that fight them, including the ways in which women have been both participants in and the objects of war.


MacMillan's new book contains many revelations, such as war has often been good for science and innovation and in theth century it did much for the position of women in many societies.
But throughout, it forces the reader to reflect on the ways in which war is so intertwined with society, and the myriad reasons we fight.
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