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Civil wars : a history in ideas / David Armitage.

Author/creator Armitage, David, 1965- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Copyright Notice ©2017
Descriptionx, 349 pages ; 20 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : confronting civil war -- Part I: Roads from Rome. Inventing civil war : the Roman tradition ; Remembering civil war : Roman visions -- Part II: Early modern crossroads. Uncivil civil wars : the seventeenth century ; Civil war in an age of revolutions : the eighteenth century -- Partt III: Paths to the present. Civilizing civil war : the nineteenth century ; Worlds of civil war : the twentieth century -- Conclusion : civil wars of words.
Abstract "A highly original history, tracing civil war, the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression, from Ancient Rome through the centuries to present day"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [285]-332) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Armitage, David, 1965- author. Civil wars First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9780385353090
LCCN 2016023404
ISBN9780307271136 hardcover
ISBN0307271137 hardcover
ISBN9780307456175 paperback
ISBN030745617X paperback

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