
Nature of War
For over 12,000 years human beings have warred, slaughtering each other with persistence and brutality. From spear point to thermonuclear ordnance, human ingenuity has had a serious downside. In the 20th century alone, wars claimed more than 90 million lives. Yet war''s origins, meaning, and evolution over the millennium remain to this day a mystery. Why is warfare "almost" as old as man himsel...
For over 12,000 years human beings have warred, slaughtering each other with persistence and brutality. From spear point to thermonuclear ordnance, human ingenuity has had a serious downside. In the 20th century alone, wars claimed more than 90 million lives. Yet war''s origins, meaning, and evolution over the millennium remain to this day a mystery. Why is warfare "almost" as old as man himsel...