War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots

by Ian Morris

Book Overview

A POWERFUL AND PROVOCATIVE EXPLORATION OF HOW WAR HAS CHANGED OUT SOCIETY--FOR THE BETTER War! / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing, says the famous song--but archaeology, history, and biology... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374286000
• ISBN13: 9780374286002
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"