War
Subtitle: The Lethal Custom
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: April 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780786715381
Subjects: Central government policies; Defence strategy, planning & research; History; International relations; Warfare & Defence; World history; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Military History (General); Military Policy; History - Military / War; Military; War; Military - General; World - General; History / Military / General
First sentence: THE CONCLUSION WAS GETTING HARD TO AVOID EVEN BEFORE the advent of nuclear weapons: the game of war is up, and we are going to have to change the rules if we are to survive.
Description: Ranging from the tumbling walls of Jericho to the modern advent of total war in which no child or civilian is exempt from the horrors of combat, the author shows how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations. He demonstrates that the underlying purpose of war has remained unchanged while technology has developed to such a degree that were total combat to break out among the great powers, a million people could be dead before worldwide media reported the conflict.