{"id":9,"date":"2011-05-30T23:06:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T23:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/win.andrarose.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2012-08-02T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T19:58:39","slug":"blurbs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wincovxs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-46\" title=\"wincovxs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/wincovxs.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover\" width=\"98\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>Endorsements of <em>Winning the War on War<\/em> by Joshua S. Goldstein:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Winning the War on War reveals the greatest untold story of the past  two decades &#8211; that contrary to popular impressions, war has become  substantially rarer and less dangerous. Joshua Goldstein is widely  recognized as one of the world&#8217;s authorities on international relations,  and he recounts this story with deep expertise but also a light touch,  interleaving the amazing facts with fascinating character portrayals,  disarming personal reminiscences, and forgotten-but-important historical  moments. This book could change the understanding of policy makers,  opinion leaders, and a wide readership.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>Steven Pinker<\/strong>, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author of the bestseller <em>The Blank Slate<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Winning the War on War does what no other book has attempted,  providing a synoptic view, and narrative, of the slow but successful  evolution of UN peacekeeping. It takes an unusual and unorthodox  approach that works very well indeed.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>Paul Kennedy<\/strong>, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University; author of the bestseller, <em>The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most important political book of the year.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong> Gregg Easterbrook<\/strong>, Author of <em>The Progress Paradox<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Professor Goldstein has written a novel, highly informative, and exceedingly valuable book.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>David Hamburg<\/strong>, President Emeritus, Carnegie  Corporation of New York; former president, American Association for the  Advancement of Science; author of <em>No More Killing Fields<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A highly readable account of the nature and problems of  peacekeeping, &#8230; an important contribution to public understanding of  international affairs.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>Brian Urquhart<\/strong>, Former Undersecretary-General of the UN; author of <em>Ralph Bunche: An American Life<\/em> and <em>Hammarskj\u00f6ld<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joshua Goldstein &#8230; tells the untold story of how we seem to be  winning the long-term fight against war, and why. His book should be  required reading for policymakers and the media.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>Nils Petter Gleditsch<\/strong>, Peace Research Institute Oslo; president of the International Studies Association 2008-09<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Goldstein&#8217;s argument that we&#8217;re actually beating back war seems counterintuitive, but he marshals some impressive arguments.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>Library Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>\u00a9 2011 Joshua S. Goldstein<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endorsements of Winning the War on War by Joshua S. Goldstein: &#8220;Winning the War on War reveals the greatest untold story of the past two decades &#8211; that contrary to popular impressions, war has become substantially rarer and less dangerous. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/?page_id=9\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winningthewaronwar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}