{"product_id":"war-how-conflict-shaped-us-paperback-by-margaret-macmillan","title":"War: How Conflict Shaped Us Paperback by Margaret MacMillan","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                        \n                            \n                                \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                \u003cul\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-10-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e336\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780735238046\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e260.82\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.98 x 5.14 x 0.72\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                \u003cbr\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eTen Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThoughtful  and brilliant insights into the very nature of war--from the ancient  Greeks to modern times--from world-renowned historian Margaret  MacMillan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar, the instinct to fight, is inherent in human nature; peace is the  aberration in history. War has shaped humanity, its institutions, its  states, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our  private memories, some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the  glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and challenging  subject not least because it brings out the most vile and the noblest  aspects of humanity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMargaret MacMillan looks at the ways  in which war has shaped human history and how, in turn, changes in  political organization, technology, or ideologies have affected how and  why we fight. The book considers such much-debated and controversial  issues as when war first started; whether human nature dooms us to fight  each other; why war has been described as the most organized of all  human activities and how it has forced us to become still more  organized; how warriors are made and why are they almost always men; and  how we try to control war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on lessons from a  sweep of history and from all  parts of the globe, MacMillan reveals the many faces of war--the way it  shapes our past, our future, our views of the world, and our very  conception of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret MacMillan\u003c\/b\u003e received her PhD from Oxford University and is now a professor of international history at Oxford, where she is also the warden of St. Antony’s College. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; a senior fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto; and an honorary fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto, and of St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eThe War That Ended Peace:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Road to 1914, \u003c\/i\u003ea\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; \u003ci\u003eDangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History; Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World; Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eParis 1919: Six Months That Changed the World,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n                        \n                        \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43178080501921,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780735238046","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9780735238046.jpg?v=1693343963","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/war-how-conflict-shaped-us-paperback-by-margaret-macmillan","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}