The Nature of War

<p> For over 12000 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 himself? How is it that a creature capable of producing great art architecture literature medicine and wondrous acts of compassion is simultaneously capable of such cruel and wanton slaughter? To answer these and other questions this thoughtful study journeys across time and disciplines to examine and sensibly explain human warfare clarify its source and driving energy and thoughtfully develop the prospect of a true and lasting peace.</p>