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Panoramic in its historical sweep, from pre-history to the 21st century, this is the first truly global study of the relationship between war and civilisation. 'A towering and triumphant achievement' Richard Holmes, "The London Review Of Books"
Panoramic in its historical sweep, from pre-history to the 21st century, this is the first truly global study of the relationship between war and civilisation. 'A towering and triumphant achievement' Richard Holmes, "The London Review Of Books"
Über den Autor
Azar Gat is Ezer Weitzman Professor of National Security in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University. He has published widely in the field of military strategy and thought, including A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War, also published by Oxford University Press, and has taught and lectured at Freiburg, Oxford, Yale, Ohio State, and Georgetown universities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780199236633 |
ISBN-10: | 0199236631 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Gat, Azar |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 235 x 156 x 50 mm |
Von/Mit: | Azar Gat |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.03.2008 |
Gewicht: | 1,243 kg |
Über den Autor
Azar Gat is Ezer Weitzman Professor of National Security in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University. He has published widely in the field of military strategy and thought, including A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War, also published by Oxford University Press, and has taught and lectured at Freiburg, Oxford, Yale, Ohio State, and Georgetown universities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780199236633 |
ISBN-10: | 0199236631 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Gat, Azar |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 235 x 156 x 50 mm |
Von/Mit: | Azar Gat |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.03.2008 |
Gewicht: | 1,243 kg |
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