03506nam 2200685 a 450 991046011340332120200520144314.01-283-11329-597866131132900-19-976153-1(CKB)2670000000083645(EBL)694019(OCoLC)726734954(SSID)ssj0000526473(PQKBManifestationID)12231017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526473(PQKBWorkID)10537549(PQKB)10444327(SSID)ssj0001667637(PQKBManifestationID)16456610(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001667637(PQKBWorkID)15001629(PQKB)10735653(MiAaPQ)EBC694019(Au-PeEL)EBL694019(CaPaEBR)ebr10471753(CaONFJC)MIL311329(EXLCZ)99267000000008364519940310d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar before civilization[electronic resource] /Lawrence H. KeeleyNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-509112-4 0-19-511912-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1. The Pacified Past: The Anthropology of War""; ""2. The Dogs of War: The Prevalence and Importance of War""; ""3. Policy by Other Means: Tactics and Weapons""; ""4. Imitating the Tiger: Forms of Combat""; ""5. A Skulking Way of War: Primitive Warriors Versus Civilized Soldiers""; ""6. The Harvest of Mars: The Casualties of War""; ""7. To the Victor: The Profits and Losses of Primitive War""; ""8. Crying Havoc: The Question of Causes""; ""9. Bad Neighborhoods: The Contexts for War""; ""10. Naked, Poor, and Mangled Peace: Its Desirability and Fragility""""11. Beating Swords into Metaphors: The Roots of the Pacified Past""""12. A Trout in the Milk: Discussion and Conclusions""; ""Appendix: Tables""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""The myth of the peace-loving ""noble savage"" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare, according to this view, was little more than a ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreaking War Before Civilization offers a devastating rebuttal to such comfortable myths and debunks the notion that warfare was introduced tWarfare, PrehistoricFortification, PrehistoricWeapons, PrehistoricElectronic books.Warfare, Prehistoric.Fortification, Prehistoric.Weapons, Prehistoric.355/.009/01Keeley Lawrence H979015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460113403321War before civilization2231734UNINA