I'll get back to you tomorrow about if there is one like that.

The end.

You're welcome.


rocktivity

Seriously. Tolstoy was a pacifist. He had a theory of history and he used Napoleon's invasion of Russia to expand on his ideas. The people he writes about are ordinary people swept up in the war. People make out that it's hard to read because of the names, but really it's about 3 families and the circles they move in; their marriages and money trouble; trying to figure out how they fit into the world. It's not a lot more complicated than reading Jane Austen, and like Austen, Tolstoy is a very great writer with a deep understanding of how people behave and why. it's one of those books that seems better each time you read it. I found a free copy for my e-reader at Project Gutenberg

I read it decades ago. I recall it took getting through the first 250 pages or so before it gets really absorbing, though. Couldn't quite get into Anna Karenina the same way.

Gutenberg is a great resource for reading classic literature from the past several centuries for free. I've been quite entertained reading H. Rider Haggard's writings, among many others.

Then there is "The March of Folly" and "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman
And "A Peace to End all Peace" by Fromkin

is writing a three book series about this. The first one and second one are out. The third one will be out in the fall of 2014. Check at your library. You may have to wait a few weeks as the books are more popular than I would have guessed. Well researched and well written.

other books in the same trilogy?

PS--I wish I'd thought of your handle before you did!

of all of humanity keeps them from striking out for justice in their own lands, so they suffer injustice until they have the opportunity to export injustice, and take justice from others.
Sweeney

Take a look at "The Untold History of the United States" by Oliver Stone at al. It will give some insight into the U.S. reasons for involvements of various sorts in the past 100 years.

On a more basic level, as long as there is a differences between self and others or us and them or our team and their team (etc.) there will be fruit for conflict which can and often does lead to attempts at an aggressive solution.

Good luck in your quest.

might be a good place to start. It's a great read.

Another essential one is A People's History of the American Empire, by Howard Zinn.

by David Fromkin is a great book about WWI and the aftermath that linger to the present.

http://www.amazon.com/Peace-End-All-Ottoman-Creation/dp/0805088091/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433257659&sr=1-1&keywords=The+War+to+End+All+Peace

I found Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow particularly interesting.