THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: War, Peace, and the Course of History
by BOBBITT, Philip
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0375412921
- ISBN 13
- 9780375412929
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Philip Bobbitt teaches constitutional law at the University of Texas, where he holds the A.W. Walker Centennial Chair. He was formerly the Anderson Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was a member of the Modern History faculty. He was later the Marsh Christian Fellow in War Studies at King's College, London. He has served as associate counsel to the president for intelligence and international security, legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on the Iran-Contra Affair, the counselor on international law at the Department of State, as well as director of intelligence, senior director for critical infrastructure, and senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council. He has written several books on nuclear strategy, social choice, and constitutional law. He lives in Austin, Washington, and London.
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- Bookseller
- pacaritambo books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002709
- Title
- THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: War, Peace, and the Course of History
- Author
- BOBBITT, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Assumed 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0375412921
- ISBN 13
- 9780375412929
- Publisher
- Borzoi/Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- World Wars, Military history, world peace treaties, one-world, world history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: Ancient; History: Military; History: Terrorism;
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