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Summary
"War, the instinct to fight, is inherent in human nature; peace is the aberration in history. War has shaped humanity, its institutions, its states, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the mis... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Humanity, society and war
- Reasons for war
- Ways and means
- Modern war
- Making the warrior
- Fighting
- Civilians
- Controlling the uncontrollable
- War in our imaginations and our memories.