Description
Against War Against Rearmament
Book Summary
At a time when Europe is regressing toward militarism, this work offers a necessary and urgent reflection on the true cost of war and the fallacy of rearmament as a guarantee of peace. The author analyzes how investment in weaponry diverts essential resources from healthcare, education, and social justice, enriching a few companies while impoverishing millions. A pacifist plea that defends diplomacy, cooperation, and development as the only paths toward real human security, based on guaranteed rights and cohesive societies.
What is it about?
The book addresses the fundamental contradiction of a Europe that, having emerged from the ashes of two world wars with the promise of never repeating them, is now heading toward a rearmament that betrays its own founding principles. Through a rigorous analysis, Fernando Cabal dismantles the narrative that presents the accumulation of weaponry as a guarantee of peace, demonstrating that, in reality, it fuels distrust and the arms race. The work examines how every euro invested in weaponry is a euro taken away from the fight against poverty, climate change, and inequality, and how the glorification of military power systematically weakens dialogue and mediation. The author proposes an alternative based on human security, understood not as destructive capacity, but as a guarantee of rights, opportunities, and social cohesion.
Main themes
- Critique of rearmament as a false security solution
- The diversion of public resources to the arms industry
- The contradiction between European founding principles and current militarism
- Peace as a construction based on diplomacy, cooperation, and development
- Human security versus traditional military security
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in political philosophy, peace and conflict resolution studies, as well as citizens concerned about the current geopolitical course. It is especially relevant for those seeking solid, well-founded arguments to understand and debate rearmament policies in Europe, and for those who wish to explore pacifist alternatives based on social justice and human rights.
What this book provides
- A critical and documented analysis of the economic and social implications of rearmament
- Solid arguments for the debate on defense and security policies
- A pacifist perspective grounded in European history and its lessons
- Tools to understand the relationship between military spending and social inequality
- An alternative vision of security based on human rights and social cohesion
Technical specifications
- Author: Cabal, Fernando
- Publisher: Mandala Ediciones
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY
- Collection: PHILOSOPHY
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: May 2025
- Number of pages: 334
- Weight: 388 g
Editorial review
A timely and necessary work in the current geopolitical context, offering a deep reflection on the contradictions of European rearmament policies. The author succeeds in articulating a solid pacifist discourse, free from dogmatism, that invites us to rethink what we really understand by security and what price we are willing to pay for it. Recommended for those who seek to understand the implications of contemporary militarism from a critical and constructive perspective.