Gat, Azar. <br/><br/>
War in human civilization / 
Azar Gat. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2006. 
 - xv, 822 p. :  ill. ; Hard Bound  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> $45/- 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 674-807) and index. 
<br/><br/>	PART 1: WARFARE IN THE FIRST TWO MILLION YEARS: ENVIRONMENT, GENES, AND CULTURE ; 1. Introduction: The Human 'State of Nature' ; 2. Peaceful or War-like: Did Hunter-Gatherers Fight? ; 3. Why Fighting? The Evolutionary Perspective ; 4. Motivation: Food and Sex ; 5. Motivation: the Web of Desire ; 6. 'Primitive Warfare': How Was It Done? ; 7. Conclusion: Fighting in the Evolutionary State of Nature ; PART 2: AGRICULTURE, CIVILIZATION, AND WAR ; 8. Introduction: Evolving Cultural Complexity ; 9. Tribal Warfare in Agraria and Pastoralia ; 10. Armed Force in the Emergence of the State ; 11. The Eurasian Spearhead: East, West, and the Steppe ; 12. Conclusion: War, the Leviathan, and the Pleasures and Miseries of Civilization ; PART 3: MODERNITY: THE DUAL FACE OF JANUS ; 13. Introduction: the Explosion of Wealth and Power ; 14. Guns and Markets: the New European States and a Global World ; 15. Unbound and Bound Prometheus: Machine Age War ; 16. Affluent Liberal Democracies, Ultimate Weapons, and the World ; 17. Conclusion: Unravelling the Riddle of War ; Endnotes ; Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199262137 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label> bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013516835  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War and society.<br/>War and civilization.<br/>War--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.66 GAT