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ISBN10: 0195119126, ISBN13: 9780195119121, [publisher: OUP USA] Softcover Condition: Very Good, Pages: 272, Size: 20.3x13.3x2
[Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0195119126, ISBN13: 9780195119121, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare, according to this view, was little more than a ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreakingWar Before Civilization offers a devastating rebuttal to such comfortable myths and debunks the notion that warfare was introduced to primitive societies through contact with civilization (an idea hedenounces as "the pacification of the past"). Building on much fascinating archeological and historical research and offering an astute comparison of warfare in civilized and prehistoric societies, from modern European states to the Plains Indians of North America, War Before Civilization convincingly demonstrates that prehistoric warfare was in fact more deadly, more frequent, and more ruthless than modern war. To support this point, Keeley provides a wide-ranging look atwarfare and brutality in the prehistoric world. He reveals, for instance, that prehistorical tactics favoring raids and ambushes, as opposed to formal battles, often yielded a high death-rate; that adult ...
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Paperback / softback. New. Offering a devastating rebuttal to the comfortable myth that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, and unimportant, Lawrence H. Keeley's groundbreaking "War Before Civilization" debunks the notion that warfare was introduced to primitive societies through contact with civilization. 16 illustrations. ISBN 0195119126 9780195119121 [GB]

ISBN10: 0195119126, ISBN13: 9780195119121, [publisher: Oxford Univ Pr] Softcover reprint edition. 272 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like small ISBN 0195119126 9780195119121 [GB]

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 1997. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 272 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.50 inches. 1997. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0195119126 9780195119121 [GB]

ISBN10: 0195119126, ISBN13: 9780195119121, [publisher: Oxford Univ Pr] Softcover reprint edition. 272 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0195119126, ISBN13: 9780195119121, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare, according to this view, was little more than a ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreakingWar Before Civilization offers a devastating rebuttal to such comfortable myths and debunks the notion that warfare was introduced to primitive societies through contact with civilization (an idea hedenounces as "the pacification of the past"). Building on much fascinating archeological and historical research and offering an astute comparison of warfare in civilized and prehistoric societies, from modern European states to the Plains Indians of North America, War Before Civilization convincingly demonstrates that prehistoric warfare was in fact more deadly, more frequent, and more ruthless than modern war. To support this point, Keeley provides a wide-ranging look atwarfare and brutality in the prehistoric world. He reveals, for instance, that prehistorical tactics favoring raids and ambushes, as opposed to formal battles, often yielded a high death-rate; that adult ...
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ISBN10: 0195119126, ISBN13: 9780195119121, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc] Softcover 1997. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2004]