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War in human civilization / Azar Gat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gat, Azar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and society.
- War and civilization.
- War--History.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (839 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this truly global study, Azar Gat sets out to unravel the 'riddle of war' throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. - ;Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultural invention? How does war relate to the other fundamental developments in the history of human civilization? And what of war today - is it a declining phenomenon or simply changing its shape?. In this truly global study of war and civilization, Azar Gat sets out to find definitive answers to these questions i
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Warfare in the first two million years : environment, genes, and culture
- pt. 2. Agriculture, civilization, and war
- pt. 3. Modernity : the dual face of Janus.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 674-807) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-75916-X
- 0-19-153225-8
- 1-4294-6021-0
- OCLC:
- 609831487
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