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Ride of the Second Horseman : the Birth and Death of War.
Accurst be he that first invented war, wrote Christopher Marlowe--a declaration that most of us would take as a literary, not literal, construction. But in this sweeping overview of the rise of civilization, Robert O'Connell finds that war is indeed an invention--an institution that arose due t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction: In Search of a Beginning; 2 Thunder Beneath Our Feet; 3 The Soul of a Hunter; 4 False Alarm; 5 Plant Trap; 6 Ride of the Second Horseman; 7 Urban Ignition; 8 Anatomy of the Beast; 9 Garden of Otherworldly Delights; 10 Lords of Extortion; 11 Heaven's Mandate; 12 The World Anew; 13 Thalassocracy; 14 Conclusion: The Horseman's Fall; Notes; Index.