Reviews

War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots by Ian Morris

annagrac's review against another edition

5.0

Brilliant strategic level look at why we have wars and why it is important to be good at winning them. Very refreshing viewpoint that helped me to understand how great things can come out of seemingly the worst tragedies.

aloyokon's review against another edition

4.0

WAR! (Grunt) WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR! ABSOLUTELY... quite a bit, actually. At least according to Ian Morris in this book. According to him, through "productive" wars, in the long run, great empires and states were created that have brought peace, stability, and wealth to a region. Actually makes a half-decent case for one of the great longstanding ills of civilization.