The anthropology of war / Keith F. Otterbein.
Material type: TextPublication details: Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2009.Description: x, 140 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781577666073
- 1577666070
- 303.66 22 OTT
- GN497 .O76 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-130) and index.
1. Introduction : What is the anthropology of war? -- The basics -- Famous warring peoples -- 2. Weapons and tactics -- Weapons -- Tactics -- Basic patterns of combat -- Casualties -- 3. Military organizations -- Polities and their military organizations -- Why polities and their military organizations go to war -- Causes and consequences of war -- 4. War and its cousins -- Types of warfare -- Seven cousins of warfare -- Levels of armed combat -- 4. Foundations of war -- Biological characteristics that facilitate war -- Social characteristics that facilitate war -- Development of territoriality -- 6. Origins of war : two paths -- Hunter-gatherer warfare -- Primary state warfare -- 7. The evolution of war -- Warfare systems -- Secondary state warfare -- 8. The termination and prevention of war -- Causes and outcomes of war -- The dilemma of disarming, and arming -- Prevention of war -- Appendix: 40 warring peoples -- Glossary.
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