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100			_aGwynne Dyer _910868
245			_aWar: The Lethal Custom
260			_aNew York _bCaroll & Graf Publishers _c2005
300			_ax,484 p. _bHB _c23x16 cm.
365			_b30.00 _c$ _d30.00
520			_aA revised edition of Dyer’s classic book, widely regarded as one of the most compelling analyses of the history of armed conflict. “War is part of our history, but it is not in at all the same sense part of our prehistory. It is one of the innovations that occurred between nine and eleven thousand years ago when the first civilized societies were coming into being. What has been invented can be changed; war is not in our genes.” With this provocative statement, Gwynne Dyer launches his brilliant discussion of the history and nature of war. He traces the growth of organized warfare through history, showing conclusively that the basic tenet has remained unchanged — war is an act of mass violence applied against an enemy so that he will do what you want him to do. The only real change has been technological, permitting us to make war on a mass scale.
650			_aMilitary Science _910869
650			_aWar and Society _910870
650			_aMilitary Art and Science _910871
700			_aDYER (Gwynne) _910872
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