History Professor Explores War’s Impact on Global Societies
The impact of war on societies across the globe from the third to sixteenth centuries is the subject of a new book by , professor of history. (Routledge Press, 2025) explores how societies in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas organized for war, engaged in conflict, and coped with its aftermath.
The book, intended for academic historians as well as for an interested lay public, treats warfare in the context of world history by examining both parallel developments and interactions between societies across the globe during this time period.
“Humans have always engaged in war,” Bachrach says. “One key, therefore, to understanding how human beings organize themselves socially, politically, economically, religiously, and in every other way is to understand how they prepare for war, engage in war, and deal with the aftermath of war.”