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War in human civilization /

In this truly global study, Azar Gat sets out to unravel the 'riddle of war' throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. - ;Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultura...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gat, Azar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Warfare in the first two million years : environment, genes, and culture
  • pt. 2. Agriculture, civilization, and war
  • pt. 3. Modernity : the dual face of Janus.