Screen LibraryWar : how conflict shaped us /
"War, the instinct to fight, is inherent in human nature; peace is the aberration in history. War has shaped humanity, its institutions, its states, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, some of our greatest c
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Random House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | [First U.S. edition]. |
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| Summary: |
"War, the instinct to fight, is inherent in human nature; peace is the aberration in history. War has shaped humanity, its institutions, its states, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, some of our greatest c |
| Item Description: | "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Profile Books, London."--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-290) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781984856135 1984856138 |
| Index Number: | D25 |
| CLC: |
E0-052 E19 |
| Call Number: | E19/M167 |
| Contents: |
Humanity, society and war -- Reasons for war -- Ways and means -- Modern war -- Making the warrior -- Fighting -- Civilians -- Controlling the uncontrollable -- War in our imaginations and our memories -- |