| Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns: State-Building and Extraterritorial Violence in Early Modern Europe Revised Edition Contributor(s): Thomson, Janice E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691025711 ISBN-13: 9780691025711 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $48.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History |
| Dewey: 355.35 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.04" W x 9.14" (0.82 lbs) 230 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries. |