A new issue of Peacework is out. An article on the Global Peace Index and how to achieve it. Can trade and democracy promote peace or is armed conflict deeply rooted in cultural, ethnic, and religious differences? A review of War: A Short History by Jeremy Black. From Swans, an essay on the innate nature of war. John Horgan on how humans could end war. A review of The Liberal Way of War: Killing to Make Life Live by Michael Dillon and Julian Reid. How the deaths of noncombatants fit into the rules of war. From Foreign Policy, despite valid concerns, targeted assassinations are legal and necessary; and assassination, a brief history: When we go to war, what happens when we make our enemies faceless? A review of The Scientific Way of Warfare: Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity by Antoine Bousquet. A review of The Secret Life of War: Journeys Through Modern Conflict by Peter Beaumont (and more). A review of General William E. DePuy: Preparing the Army for Modern War by Henry Gole. David Bromwich on how serial war became the American Way of Life. A review of Master of War: Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War by Suzanne Simons (and more). Battle paintings: "War Nerd" Gary Brecher may not know much about art, but he's got a gun.
