IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/wsi/wschap/9789812708748_0011.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

The Problem Of War

In: Energy, Resources, And The Long-Term Future

Author

Listed:
  • John Scales Avery

    (H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Abstract

The following sections are included:The passions of mankindThe explosion of human knowledgeTribal emotions and nationalismFormation of group identity in modern nationsModern weaponsHiroshima and NagasakiThe postwar nuclear arms raceFlaws in the concept of nuclear deterrenceFuture weaponsWar as a businessEisenhower's farewell addressThe devil's dynamoResource warsWar as a hindrance to global equalityIndirect costs of warDestruction of infrastructureEnvironmental damageGlobal inequalities as a hindrance to peaceInequalities maintained by forceRich nations fear global democracyThe future of global governancePeace within nationsFederationsLaws binding on individualsThe Tobin TaxVoting reformsGlobal ethicsEducation for world citizenshipThe role of the mass mediaThe role of religionSuggestions for further reading

Suggested Citation

  • John Scales Avery, 2007. "The Problem Of War," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Energy, Resources, And The Long-Term Future, chapter 11, pages 193-228, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812708748_0011
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789812708748_0011
    Download Restriction: Ebook Access is available upon purchase.
    File URL: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789812708748_0011
    Download Restriction: Ebook Access is available upon purchase.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812708748_0011. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscientific.com/page/worldscibooks .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.