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Of Arms and Men (Hardcover)
[Buy it!] | Robert L. O'Connell | USD 116.79
(Thu May 23 04:09:51 2024) | AbebooksAU | AussieBookSeller | ISBN10: 0195053591, ISBN13: 9780195053593, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. In this provocative book, Robert O'Connell examines the role and significance of weapons from the dawn of human history to the present, and the attempts of western civilization to come to terms with the grim results of its own inventiveness. This is not simply a history of the technology of weapons. It integrates the evolution of human society with the development of weapons and strategy into a single, coherent story. While primarily historical in his approach,O'Connell also draws upon anthropology, sociology, biology, and literature in his effort to explain certain recurring phenomena of warfare: the human need to dehumanize the enemy; arms races involvingweapons which have developed beyond the point of utility; or the ideal of heroism rendered obsolete by deadly new technologies. A provocative examination of the role and significance of weapons from the dawn of human history to the present, and the attempts of Western civilization to come to terms with the grim results of its own inventiveness. Not simply a history of the technology of weapons, this book integrates the evolution of human society with the development of weapons and strategy into a single, coherent story. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1989]
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