The True Cost of Conflict: Seven Recent Wars and Their Effects on Society

by Michael Cranna

The True Cost of Conflict is the first book to show in clear and accessible terms the vast price of conflict to the human race. The result of a unique collaboration among six international... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565842685
• ISBN13: 9781565842687
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Ten Years Ahead of Its Time, Now Part of "True Cost" Meme

This book was ten years ahead of its time in relation to the emergent "true cost" meme that is exploding as the public acquires access to more information and the tools to make sense of that information. The author has done a first-rate job of looking at seven conflicts and their costs or (rarely) benefits. This is precisely the kind of analysis that is needed if Congresses and Parliaments are to be educated and weaned away from the bankers fondness for war and credit for war as a profit harvesting opportunity. I recommend that in addition to this book, the reader consider General Smedley Butler's book, "War is a Racket," and the superb book by Cees Wiebes, "Intelligence and the War in Bosnia" (see my review for lessons learned).