TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gat,Azar
TI  - War in human civilization
SN  - 9780199262137 (alk. paper)
U1  - 303.66 GAT 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - War and society
KW  - War and civilization
KW  - War
KW  - History
N1  - $45/-; Includes bibliographical references (p. 674-807) and index; 	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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017223.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006017223-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006017223-d.html
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