The Culture of War: Invention and Early Development

by Richard A. Gabriel

Although war has been analyzed from many perspectives, no scholar has satisfactorily explained why the human race fights and how we came to create a degree of military sophistication capable of destroying the entire species. Gabriel addresses these questions in his study of the origins and development of warfare. He looks particularly at the relationship between the evolution of the social institution of war and the development of the military...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313266646
• ISBN13: 9780313266645
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"