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With the premise that all civilizations owe their origins to war making, Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of some two thousand years, from the ritualistic combat of Stone Age people to the mass destruction warfare of the present age.
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"A work of massive sweep…in which the resources of anthropology, ethnology, psychology, and history are drawn on in comprehensive but succinct synthesis to create what is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."
New York Times Book Review
"A masterpiece…This is one of those rare books which could still be required reading in its field a hundred years from now."
New Yorker
"In his sweeping new study, Keegan…offers a refreshingly original and challenging perspective…A masterwork."
Publishers Weekly