War: What Is It Good For? The Role Of Conflict In Civilisation, From Primates To Robots by Ian Morris

"War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, " says the famous song--but archaeology, history, and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds, war has made humanity safer and richer. In War! What Is It Good For? the renowned historian and archaeologist Ian Morris tells the gruesome, gripping story of fifteen thousand years of war, going behind the battles and brutality to reveal what war has really done to and for the world. Stone Age people lived in small, feuding societies and stood a one-in-ten or even one-in-five chance of dying violently. In the twentieth century, by contrast--despite two world wars, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust--fewer than one person in a hundred died violently.

Publisher:	Profile Books Limited
Year:	2014
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781781252963
Condition:	Near Mint
Description:	Heavy.

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SKU: 1596715
Location: War