TY - BOOK ID - 78339803 TI - War as paradox PY - 2016 SN - 0773548505 0773548491 9780773548497 9780773548503 9780773547681 0773547681 9780773547698 077354769X PB - Montreal Kingston London Chicago DB - UniCat KW - War KW - War and morals KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Clausewitz, Carl von, KW - Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, KW - Hegel, Giorgio Guglielmo Frederico KW - Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Hēgeru, KW - Hei-ko-erh, KW - Gegelʹ, Georg, KW - Hījil, KW - Khegel, KW - Hegel, G. W. F. KW - Hegel, KW - Hei Ge Er, KW - Chenkel, KW - Hīghil, KW - הגל, KW - הגל, גאורג וילהלם פרידריך, KW - הגל, גיאורג וילהלם פרידריך, KW - הגל, ג.ו.פ, KW - היגל, גורג ווילהלם פרדריך, KW - היגל, גיורג וילהלם פרידריך, KW - 黑格尔, KW - Hegel, Guillermo Federico, KW - Hegel, Jorge Guillermo Federico, KW - Heyel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, KW - Higil, Gʼūrg Vīlhim Frīdrīsh, KW - هگل, KW - هگل، گئورگ ويلهم فريدريش, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78339803 AB - "Two centuries after Carl von Clausewitz wrote On War, it lines the shelves of military colleges around the world and even showed up in an Al Qaeda hideout. Though it has shaped much of the common parlance on the subject, On War is perceived by many as a "metaphysical fog," widely known but hardly read. In War as Paradox, Youri Cormier lifts the fog on this iconic work by explaining its philosophical underpinnings."-- "Building up a genealogy of dialectical war theory and integrating Hegel as a co-founder with Clausewitz of the method, Cormier uncovers a common logic that shaped the fighting doctrines and ethics of modern war. He explains how Hegel and Clausewitz converged on method, but nonetheless arrived at opposite ethics and military doctrines. Ultimately, Cormier seeks out the limits to dialectical war theory and explores the greater paradoxes the method reveals: can so-called "rational" theories of war hold up under the pressures of irrational propositions, such as lone-wolf attacks, the circular logic of a "war to end all wars," or the apparent folly of mutually assured destruction?"-- ER -