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Loading... The Illusion of Victory: The True Costs of Warby Ian Bickerton
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The Illusion of Victory demonstrates that most of the rewards of victory in modern warfare are either exaggerated or false. When the ostensible benefits of victory are examined a generation after a war, it becomes inescapably evident that the defeated belligerent rarely conforms to the demands and expectations of the victor. Consequently, long-term political and military stability is denied to both the victorious power and to the defeated one. As a result, neither victory nor defeat deter further outbreaks of war. This sobering reality is increasingly the case in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Ian Bickerton persuasively argues that as the rhetoric of victory becomes more hollow all countries must adopt creative new approaches to resolving disputes. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)355.027Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science War Causes of War and ConflictLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |