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War and human nature /
Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ord...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ordered to fight and were capable of doing so? Why did Hitler declare war on the United States knowing full well the power of that country?War and Human Nature argues that new findings about the way humans are shaped by their inherited biology may help provide answers to such questions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400826360 1400826365 1282157965 9781282157965 9786612157967 6612157968 9780691116006 0691116008 9780691130569 0691130566 |