War in Human Civilization
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: May 24, 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 848
ISBN-13: 9780199236633
Subjects: History of specific subjects; War & defence operations; World history; History; Politics / Current Events; Military; Civilization; Military - General; Peace; History / Military / General
First sentence: Is war grounded, perhaps inescapably, in human nature?
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: The Riddle of War
pagenum: xi; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xiv; title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: xv; label: Part 1
title: Warfare in the First Two Million Years: Environment, Genes, and Culture
pagenum: 1; title: Introduction: The ‘Human State of Nature’
pagenum: 3; title: Peaceful or War-like: Did Hunter-Gatherers Fight?
pagenum: 11; title: Why Fighting? The Evolutionary Perspective
pagenum: 36; title: Motivation: Food and Sex
pagenum: 56; title: Motivation: The Web of Desire
pagenum: 87; title: ‘Primitive Warfare’: How Was It Done?
pagenum: 114; title: Conclusion: Fighting in the Evolutionary State of Nature
pagenum: 133; label: Part 2
title: Agriculture, Civilization, and War
pagenum: 147; title: Introduction: Evolving Cultural Complexity
pagenum: 149; title: Tribal Warfare in Agraria and Pastoralia
pagenum: 157; title: Armed Force in the Emergence of the State
pagenum: 231; title: The Eurasian Spearhead: East, West, and the Steppe
pagenum: 323; title: Conclusion: War, the Leviathan, and the Pleasures and Miseries of Civilization
pagenum: 401; label: Part 3
title: Modernity: The Dual Face of Janus
pagenum: 443; title: Introduction: The Explosion of Wealth and Power
pagenum: 445; title: Guns and Markets: The New European States and a Global World
pagenum: 449; title: Unbound and Bound Prometheus: Machine Age War
pagenum: 512; title: Affluent Liberal Democracies, Ultimate Weapons, and the World
pagenum: 570; title: Conclusion: Unravelling the Riddle of War
pagenum: 662; title: Endnotes
pagenum: 674; title: Index
pagenum: 809; title: Picture credits
pagenum: 821