The Shield of Achilles War, Peace, and the Course of History by Philip Bobbitt Knopf, 919 pp., $40 A FEW YEARS AGO there was hue and cry over the loss of academic interest in the subject of war.

Philip Bobbitt's The Shield of Achilles is getting a serious and heartening push from its publisher, Knopf, writes Roger Gathman. Does he seriously think there's an audience for a book that, among ...

Mr. Bobbitt discusses his book [The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History], published by Alfred A. Knopf.

The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History, by Philip Bobbitt Adam Roberts asks what will happen to states built for warfare in a businesslike new world Saturday 22 June 2002 00: ...

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Professor Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History (Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN: 0375412921), about state-against-state ...

Here's a fascinating interview by Matthew D'Ancona, former deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph and now editor of the Spectator, with Philip Bobbitt, author of the provocative and ambitious The ...

Paul Hirst reviews Philip Bobbitt s book The Shield of Achilles . The Shield of Achilles is the most thought provoking book on the future of war and the international system to have appeared for ...

Bobbitt's sprawling account tackles the relationship between war, military revolution, the state, and international order. Great wars have shaped states as they evolved from monarchical to territorial ...

SHIELD OF ACHILLES: War, Peace and the Course of History By Philip Bobbitt Penguin, 960pp, $69.95. Historian Philip Bobbitt has written an enormous book on a considerable theme.

Philip Bobbitt discussed his book [The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History], published by Alfred A. Knopf, on WNYC's 'New York and Company,' a New York City-based radio show.… ...