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008			130924s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2013038722
020			_a9780374286002 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aCB481 _b.M67 2014
082	0	0	_a303.6 MOR _223
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100	1		_aMorris, Ian, _d1960-
245	1	0	_aWar! What is it good for? : _bconflict and the progress of civilization from primates to robots / _cIan Morris.
264		1	_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c[2014]
300			_axi, 495 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 433-471) and index.
520			_a"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 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. The explanation: war, and war alone, has created bigger, more complex societies, ruled by governments that have stamped out internal violence. Strangely enough, killing has made the world safer, and the safety it has produced has allowed people to make the world richer too. War has been history's greatest paradox, but this searching study of fifteen centuries of violence suggests that the next half century is going to be the most dangerous of all time. If we can survive it, the age-old dream of ending war may yet come to pass. But, Morris argues, only if we understand what war has been good for can we know where it will take us next"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWar and civilization.
650		0	_aWar.
650		0	_aMilitary history.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. _2bisacsh
843			_aPhotocopy
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/002/9780374286002/image/lgcover.9780374286002.jpg
887			_2CamTech Library
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