Book Review: War! What Is It Good For? The Role of Conflict in Civilisation, from Primates to Robots . Ian Morris

Abstract

Paperback edition. Originally published: 2014. Introduction: Friend to the undertaker -- The wasteland? : war and peace in ancient Rome -- The barbarians strike back : the counterproductive way of war, A.D. 1-1415 -- The five hundred years' war : Europe (almost) conquers the world, 1415-1914 -- Storm of steel : the war for Europe, 1914-1980s -- Red in tooth and claw : why the chimps of Gombe went to war -- The last best hope of Earth : American empire, 1989-?