Nir Eisikovits is Professor of Philosophy and Founding Director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His previous books include Sympathizing with the Enemy: Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Negotiation (2010), A Theory of Truces (2015) and Theorizing Transitional Justice (2016).

'Eisikovits splendidly brings together political theory, conceptual investigations, and case studies. His book, by directing our attention to the dangerous dynamics of glory and humiliation, provides an original and illuminating contribution to our understanding of the question why states go to war.' Thomas Brudholm, University of Copenhagen

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Glory: 1. A short history of Glory; 2. A theory of Glory; 3. Our ambivalence about Glory; Part II. Humiliation: 4. What is humiliation; 5. Humiliation in Foreign policy; 6. Humiliation and political theory; Part III. Glory and Humiliation: War's Two-Stroke Engine: 7. War's two stroke Engine; 8. Three case studies; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Nir Eisikovits is Professor of Philosophy and Founding Director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His previous books include Sympathizing with the Enemy: Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Negotiation (2010), A Theory of Truces (2015) and Theorizing Transitional Justice (2016).

'Eisikovits splendidly brings together political theory, conceptual investigations, and case studies. His book, by directing our attention to the dangerous dynamics of glory and humiliation, provides an original and illuminating contribution to our understanding of the question why states go to war.' Thomas Brudholm, University of Copenhagen

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Glory: 1. A short history of Glory; 2. A theory of Glory; 3. Our ambivalence about Glory; Part II. Humiliation: 4. What is humiliation; 5. Humiliation in Foreign policy; 6. Humiliation and political theory; Part III. Glory and Humiliation: War's Two-Stroke Engine: 7. War's two stroke Engine; 8. Three case studies; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Nir Eisikovits is Professor of Philosophy and Founding Director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His previous books include Sympathizing with the Enemy: Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Negotiation (2010), A Theory of Truces (2015) and Theorizing Transitional Justice (2016).

'Eisikovits splendidly brings together political theory, conceptual investigations, and case studies. His book, by directing our attention to the dangerous dynamics of glory and humiliation, provides an original and illuminating contribution to our understanding of the question why states go to war.' Thomas Brudholm, University of Copenhagen

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Glory: 1. A short history of Glory; 2. A theory of Glory; 3. Our ambivalence about Glory; Part II. Humiliation: 4. What is humiliation; 5. Humiliation in Foreign policy; 6. Humiliation and political theory; Part III. Glory and Humiliation: War's Two-Stroke Engine: 7. War's two stroke Engine; 8. Three case studies; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.