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The evolution of war: A study of its role in early societies/ Maurice R. Davie

By: Davie, Maurice R Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Dover, 2003Description: 391 pISBN: 9780486430843Subject(s): War | HISTORY -- Military -- General | Warfare, PrehistoricDDC classification: 355.02

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I -- INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II -- WAR AND THE COMPETITION OF LIFE; CHAPTER III -- WAR THE BUSINESS OF ONE SEX; CHAPTER IV -- WHERE WAR EXISTS AND WHERE IT DOES NOT; CHAPTER V -- CANNIBALISM AND WAR; CHAPTER VI -- WAR FOR LAND AND BOOTY; CHAPTER VII -- WAR AND WOMEN; CHAPTER VIII -- RELIGION AS A CAUSE OF WAR; CHAPTER IX -- BLOOD REVENGE; CHAPTER X -- HUMAN SACRIFICE; CHAPTER XI -- HEAD-HUNTING; CHAPTER XII -- WAR FOR GLORY; CHAPTER XIII -- WAR AND THE STATE; CHAPTER XIV -- THE MITIGATION OF WAR; CHAPTER XV -- THE STRESS TOWARD PEACE CHAPTER XVI -- WAR AS A FACTOR IN SOCIETAL EVOLUTIONAPPENDIX A -- ETHNOCENTRISM AND TRIBAL NAMES; APPENDIX B -- INITIATION CEREMONIES; APPENDIX C -- INSTANCES OF MILD WARFARE; APPENDIX D -- WARLIKENESS; APPENDIX E -- WARLIKE TRIBES IN AFRICA; APPENDIX F -- INSTANCES OF SERIOUS WARFARE; APPENDIX G -- WAR FOR BOOTY; APPENDIX H -- BLOOD REVENGE; APPENDIX I -- WAR ADORNMENT; APPENDIX J -- TROPHIES AND MUTILATION OF THE SLAIN; APPENDIX K -- THE REGULATIVE SYSTEM OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY; APPENDIX L -- THE DECLARATION OF WAR; APPENDIX M -- TORTURE OF PRISONERS OF WAR; REFERENCES TO CHAPTERS; REFERENCES TO APPENDICES

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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I --
INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II --
WAR AND THE COMPETITION OF LIFE; CHAPTER III --
WAR THE BUSINESS OF ONE SEX; CHAPTER IV --
WHERE WAR EXISTS AND WHERE IT DOES NOT; CHAPTER V --
CANNIBALISM AND WAR; CHAPTER VI --
WAR FOR LAND AND BOOTY; CHAPTER VII --
WAR AND WOMEN; CHAPTER VIII --
RELIGION AS A CAUSE OF WAR; CHAPTER IX --
BLOOD REVENGE; CHAPTER X --
HUMAN SACRIFICE; CHAPTER XI --
HEAD-HUNTING; CHAPTER XII --
WAR FOR GLORY; CHAPTER XIII --
WAR AND THE STATE; CHAPTER XIV --
THE MITIGATION OF WAR; CHAPTER XV --
THE STRESS TOWARD PEACE CHAPTER XVI --
WAR AS A FACTOR IN SOCIETAL EVOLUTIONAPPENDIX A --
ETHNOCENTRISM AND TRIBAL NAMES; APPENDIX B --
INITIATION CEREMONIES; APPENDIX C --
INSTANCES OF MILD WARFARE; APPENDIX D --
WARLIKENESS; APPENDIX E --
WARLIKE TRIBES IN AFRICA; APPENDIX F --
INSTANCES OF SERIOUS WARFARE; APPENDIX G --
WAR FOR BOOTY; APPENDIX H --
BLOOD REVENGE; APPENDIX I --
WAR ADORNMENT; APPENDIX J --
TROPHIES AND MUTILATION OF THE SLAIN; APPENDIX K --
THE REGULATIVE SYSTEM OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY; APPENDIX L --
THE DECLARATION OF WAR; APPENDIX M --
TORTURE OF PRISONERS OF WAR; REFERENCES TO CHAPTERS; REFERENCES TO APPENDICES

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