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Between structural determinants and contingency: Michael Mann’s historical sociology of war - Michael Mann, On Wars (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2023, 607 p.)

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Michael Mann, On Wars (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2023, 607 p.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2024

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Christian Olsson*
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Université libre de Bruxelles, political science. Email: [email protected].
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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , December 2024 , pp. 445 - 454
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