On the Origins of War And the Preservation of Peace

by KAGAN, DONALD

• ISBN13: 9780385423755
• ISBN10: 0385423756
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Anchor

Summary

By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous world wars of the 20th century and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kagan reveals new insights into the nature of war--and peace--that are vitally important and often surprising.

Author Biography

Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. A former dean of Yale College, he received his Ph.D. in 1958 from The Ohio State University. His publications include On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace, The Peloponnesian War, and Thucydides: The Reinvention of History. In 2002 he was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal and in 2005 was named the National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecturer.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
The Peloponnesian War 431-404 B.C.	p. 15
The Hegemonic Powers and Their Alliances	p. 19
The Origin of the Rivalry	p. 27
The Peace	p. 31
Testing the Peace	p. 34
The Crisis	p. 37
The Crisis Widens	p. 41
The Decision for War: Sparta	p. 51
The Decision for War: Athens	p. 59
The Outbreak of War	p. 67
The Causes of the War	p. 68
The First World War 1914-1918	p. 81
The Emergence of Germany and the Challenge to the Old Order	p. 83
The European Powers	p. 85
Bismarck's Era	p. 100
The Character of the Peace	p. 114
Testing the Peace	p. 119
The Road to War	p. 145
The Final Crisis	p. 183
The Causes of the War	p. 205
Hannibal's War: The Second Punic War 218-201 B.C.	p. 232
The Nature of the Opponents	p. 234
The Origins of the First Punic War	p. 248
The Peace	p. 252
Testing the Peace	p. 256
The Accession of Hannibal	p. 260
The Crisis	p. 262
The Causes of the War	p. 269
The Second World War 1939-1945	p. 281
The End of the First World War	p. 281
The Peace	p. 285
Testing the Peace, 1919-1933	p. 297
The Road to War	p. 334
The Causes of the War	p. 413
The Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 437
The Cold War	p. 437
Khrushchev Comes to Power	p. 447
Castro and Cuba	p. 452
Khrushchev versus Kennedy	p. 456
The Causes of the Crisis	p. 546
Conclusions	p. 566
Selected Bibliography	p. 575
Index	p. 591
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