War before civilization /

The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keeley, Lawrence H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Warfare, Prehistoric.
Fortification, Prehistoric.
Weapons, Prehistoric.
Guerre préhistorique.
Fortifications préhistoriques.
Armes préhistoriques.
HISTORY > Military > Pictorial.
Fortification, Prehistoric
Warfare, Prehistoric
Weapons, Prehistoric
Krieg
Kriegführung
Naturvolk
Oorlogvoering.
Prehistorie.
Wapens (krijgskunde)
Guerra (história)
Pré-história.
Guerre primitive.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The pacified past: the anthropology of war
  • The dogs of war: the prevalence and importance of war
  • Policy by other means" tactics and weapons
  • Imitating the tiger: forms of combat
  • A skulking way of war: primitive warriors versus civilized soldiers
  • The harvest of Mars: the casualties of war
  • To the victor: the profits and losses of primitive war
  • Crying havoc: the question of causes
  • Bad neighborhoods: the contexts for war
  • Naked, poor, and mangled peace: its desirability and fragility
  • Beating swords into metaphors: the roots of the pacified past
  • A trout in the milk: discussion and conclusions.

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