Screen LibrarySex and war：how biology explains warfare and terrorism and offers a path to a safer world
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BenBella Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Dallas, Tex. |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | v, 457 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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1933771577 9781933771571 (cloth) |
| Index Number: | E0 |
| CLC: | E0-05 |
| Call Number: | E0-05/P871 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-410) and index. Sex and violence -- The war of nature -- The missing link -- We band of brothers -- Terrorists -- Women and war -- Raids into battles -- War and the state -- War and technology -- War and the law -- Evil -- The future of war -- Women and peace -- Stone age behaviors in the twenty-first century -- Civilization at its best. "From the frontlines as a firsthand witness to war-torn countries around the world, Potts has worked with ministries and governments and in the trenches with women who have been raped and brutalized as an instrument of war. Combining his personal experience with the latest scientific findings, Potts explains that men have evolved under conditions that favored gang behavior, violence and team aggression, and observations of chimpanzee behavior confirm that these actions have been fundamental for millions of years." "In a world that spends |