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The Invention of Peace: Reflections on War and International Order. By Michael Howard. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-- 300-08866-3. Pp. 113. $15.00.
War has always been a part of Michael Howard's life. Born in the aftermath of the Great War, he came of age in World War II and served with distinction as a combat officer in the Coldstream Guards. Graduating from Oxford, he taught war studies at the University of London and later at Oxford, eventually becoming Regius professor, before ending his teaching career as Robert Lovett professor at Yale. His books have ranged from the definitive study of the Franco-Prussian War to his influential analyses of the nature and history of war in...