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The Causes of War
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The Causes of War

Geoffrey Blainey
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Australia's most famous historian on a freshly essential subject; a classic work updated for our times.

The Causes of War is one of Geoffrey Blainey's most influential books, carried in corridors of power around the world.

Covering international wars from 1700 - and now updated to include Ukraine and Gaza - Blainey demolishes many widely-held theories of why nations fight, arguing that peace is not the 'natural' state of international relations and war is not an aberration. Both are best understood as means of advancing national interests: when one is failing, the other becomes more likely, and therefore we need to understand what causes 'the mystery of peace' as urgently as we understand what causes war.

Trenchantly argued and beautifully written, this bracing, clear-eyed survey is an essential guide to understanding our current fraught moment, seeing beyond the daily news cycle to deeper truths about the way the modern world works.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Australia
Country
Australia
Date
29 July 2025
Pages
368
ISBN
9781761635236

Australia's most famous historian on a freshly essential subject; a classic work updated for our times.

The Causes of War is one of Geoffrey Blainey's most influential books, carried in corridors of power around the world.

Covering international wars from 1700 - and now updated to include Ukraine and Gaza - Blainey demolishes many widely-held theories of why nations fight, arguing that peace is not the 'natural' state of international relations and war is not an aberration. Both are best understood as means of advancing national interests: when one is failing, the other becomes more likely, and therefore we need to understand what causes 'the mystery of peace' as urgently as we understand what causes war.

Trenchantly argued and beautifully written, this bracing, clear-eyed survey is an essential guide to understanding our current fraught moment, seeing beyond the daily news cycle to deeper truths about the way the modern world works.

Read More
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Australia
Country
Australia
Date
29 July 2025
Pages
368
ISBN
9781761635236

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