War: the lethal custom

Ranging from the tumbling walls of Jericho to the modern advent of total war in which no child or civilian is exempt from the horrors of combat, the author shows how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations. He demonstrates that the underlying purpose of war has remained unchanged...

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1. Verfasser: Dyer, Gwynne 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Carroll & Graf 2005
Ausgabe:1. Carroll & Graf ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Ranging from the tumbling walls of Jericho to the modern advent of total war in which no child or civilian is exempt from the horrors of combat, the author shows how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations. He demonstrates that the underlying purpose of war has remained unchanged while technology has developed to such a degree that were total combat to break out among the great powers, a million people could be dead before worldwide media reported the conflict.
Beschreibung:Based on the PBS television series, War.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-461) and index
Beschreibung:x, 484 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:0786715383

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