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War : what is it good for? : the role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots

Ian Morris (Author)
A bold and controversial rethinking of the role of war in human history and how it will shape our future, sure to provoke debate, from the bestselling author of Why the West Rules - For Now.
eBook, English, 2015
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Profile Books, London, 2015
1 online resource (xiii, 495 pages : illustrations, maps)
9781847654540, 1847654541
1280856776
Introduction: Friend to the undertaker
The wasteland? : war and peace in ancient Rome
The barbarians strike back : the counterproductive way of war, A.D. 1-1415
The five hundred years' war : Europe (almost) conquers the world, 1415-1914
Storm of steel : the war for Europe, 1914-1980s
Red in tooth and claw : why the chimps of Gombe went to war
The last best hope of Earth : American empire, 1989-?
Originally published: 2014
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