Michael Mann is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Honorary Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of the award-winning book series The Sources of Social Power and of Incoherent Empire, Fascists, and The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. He lives in Venice, CA.
“Ambitious. . . . On Wars is an enlightening haul for much of its
journey and a brisk read too.”—Fred Kaplan, New York Times Book
Review
A History Today Book of the Year, 2024
“This is not just an ambitious study of war through history but an
attempt to work out how to avoid it. . . . [Mann has] given us a
sobering account of a human trait that shows no sign of going out
of fashion.”—Melanie McDonagh, The Standard
“Masterful and monumental, Michael Mann’s new book shows how
destructive and delusional it has been, throughout history and
across the world, to try achieving one’s end through war.”—Andreas
Wimmer, author of Waves of War
“The greatest comparative historical sociologist of our time here
considers the motivations for warfare in the world and through
recorded time. The result is breathtaking, and shocking in its
normative challenges—particularly in its no-hold-barred attack on
the ‘realism’ of international relations specialists.”—John A.
Hall, McGill University
“Mann explains why wars happen although they seldom achieve their
ends, whether material aggrandizement or altruistic ideals. On Wars
again shows why Mann is the Max Weber of our time.”—Randall
Collins, author of Explosive Conflict: Time Dynamics of
Violence
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