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?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots

Ian Morris

495 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society--for the better "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 somethin...

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