War and the Rise of the State: The Military Foundations of Modern Politics

TitleWar and the Rise of the State: The Military Foundations of Modern Politics
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsPorter, Bruce D.
Number of Pages380
PublisherFree Press
CityNew York
Abstract

States make war, but war also makes states. The origins of the modern state, its rise and development, are inextricably linked with violent conflict and military power. There are few states in the world today whose existence, boundaries, and political structure did not emerge from some past cauldron of international or civil war. This book is about the impact of war on the rise and development of modern states. It is concerned not with what causes war, but with what war causes--with how it affects the internal dynamics, structure, and power of the political systems that wage it. The volume argues that warfare and military rivalry played a fundamental role in the origin and development of modern European states, that the institutions of contemporary Western politics reflect the pervasive influence of organized violence in modern history.

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