The evolution of war: A study of its role in early societies/
Maurice R. Davie
- New York: Dover, 2003.
- 391 p.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I -- INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER II -- WAR AND THE COMPETITION OF LIFE; CHAPTER III -- WAR THE BUSINESS OF ONE SEX; CHAPTER IV -- WHERE WAR EXISTS AND WHERE IT DOES NOT; CHAPTER V -- CANNIBALISM AND WAR; CHAPTER VI -- WAR FOR LAND AND BOOTY; CHAPTER VII -- WAR AND WOMEN; CHAPTER VIII -- RELIGION AS A CAUSE OF WAR; CHAPTER IX -- BLOOD REVENGE; CHAPTER X -- HUMAN SACRIFICE; CHAPTER XI -- HEAD-HUNTING; CHAPTER XII -- WAR FOR GLORY; CHAPTER XIII -- WAR AND THE STATE; CHAPTER XIV -- THE MITIGATION OF WAR; CHAPTER XV -- THE STRESS TOWARD PEACE CHAPTER XVI -- WAR AS A FACTOR IN SOCIETAL EVOLUTIONAPPENDIX A -- ETHNOCENTRISM AND TRIBAL NAMES; APPENDIX B -- INITIATION CEREMONIES; APPENDIX C -- INSTANCES OF MILD WARFARE; APPENDIX D -- WARLIKENESS; APPENDIX E -- WARLIKE TRIBES IN AFRICA; APPENDIX F -- INSTANCES OF SERIOUS WARFARE; APPENDIX G -- WAR FOR BOOTY; APPENDIX H -- BLOOD REVENGE; APPENDIX I -- WAR ADORNMENT; APPENDIX J -- TROPHIES AND MUTILATION OF THE SLAIN; APPENDIX K -- THE REGULATIVE SYSTEM OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY; APPENDIX L -- THE DECLARATION OF WAR; APPENDIX M -- TORTURE OF PRISONERS OF WAR; REFERENCES TO CHAPTERS; REFERENCES TO APPENDICES
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War. HISTORY -- Military -- General. Warfare, Prehistoric