Battle Soul: Analyzing Future Wars Through History

Author: Wang Yiwai
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The tumultuous 20th century has passed. In this century of dramatic events, the alternation of war and peace has been particularly notable. After enduring the hardships of various wars, humanity has made beneficial attempts in preventing, stopping, and restraining war, and has found many effective ways to bring a brighter future to world peace. Although humanity still faces the threat of unipolar hegemony, we have reason to believe that as we enter the new century, human reason and conscience will gradually eliminate the scourge of war from social life. This book, written by the young scholar Wang Yiwai, is sometimes philosophical and sometimes poetic, using a masterful pen to depict a crucial aspect of human society in the past century. With literary touch, profound historical insight, and philosophical enlightenment, it comprehensively analyzes the war and peace of the past century.
The tumultuous 20th century has passed. In this century of dramatic events, the alternation of war and peace has been particularly notable. After enduring the hardships of various wars, humanity has made beneficial attempts in preventing, stopping, and restraining war, and has found many effective ways to bring a brighter future to world peace. Although humanity still faces the threat of unipolar hegemony, we have reason to believe that as we enter the new century, human reason and conscience will gradually eliminate the scourge of war from social life. This book, written by the young scholar Wang Yiwai, is sometimes philosophical and sometimes poetic, using a masterful pen to depict a crucial aspect of human society in the past century. With literary touch, profound historical insight, and philosophical enlightenment, it comprehensively analyzes the war and peace of the past century.
About the Author: Wang Yiwai, male, born in 1971, from Ruichang, Jiangxi, is a lecturer at the U.S. Studies Center, Fudan University. He holds a postdoctoral degree in history, a bachelor's degree in engineering, and a Ph.D. in law from Fudan University. He was a Fox Fellow at Yale University (2000-2001) and is a member of the International Studies Association (ISA), the British International Studies Association (BISA), and the French Association of Political Science (I'AFSP). He graduated from the Department of Environmental Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology and the Department of International Politics at Fudan University. His research interests include: great power relations and China's foreign strategy, international relations theory, the U.S. Congress and China-U.S. relations, etc. He is a special contributor to The Southern Weekly and The Economic Observer. He has published more than 40 papers in journals such as Social Sciences in China, Foreign Social Sciences, Academic Journal, Open Times, Fudan University, Journal of International Studies, American Studies, Journal of World Economy and Politics, European Studies, and China Review (Hong Kong). His co-edited book International Relations in the Era of Globalization and his co-translated works The Tragedy of Great Power Politics and Bush's War will be published by Shanghai People's Publishing House and Fudan University Press, respectively. His translated works America and Its Enemies and his monograph Navigating the Future: The U.S. Congress and U.S. National Security Policy will also be published by Shanghai People's Publishing House and Fudan University Press.