Why do humans kill members of their own species intentionally, when few other animals do so? "Sex and War" traces the cultural and biological evolution of warfare from its prehuman origins through to modern times.
Why do humans kill members of their own species intentionally, when few other animals do so? "Sex and War" traces the cultural and biological evolution of warfare from its prehuman origins through to modern times.
Malcolm Potts, MB, BChir, PhD, FRCOG, is the Bixby Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. A graduate of Cambridge University and trained as an obstetrician and research biologist, his profession has taken him all over the world. Potts led a medical team into Bangladesh immediately after the War of Liberation in 1972, and he has worked in many other war-torn places including Vietnam and Cambodia, Afghanistan, Egypt, the Gaza Strip, Liberia, and Angola. His most recent books are Queen Victoria's Gene and Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality. Thomas Hayden is a freelance journalist who writes frequently about science, medicine, and culture. Formerly a staff writer at Newsweek and US News & World Report, his articles and reviews have appeared in more than 20 publications, including National Geographic, Nature, and The Washington Post. He is coauthor of On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story, a 2007 national bestseller. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and fellow writer, Erika Check Hayden.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Sex and Violence 1 2. The War of Nature 17 3. The Missing Link 39 4. We Band of Brothers 63 5. Terrorists 99 6. Women and War 119 7. Raids into Battles 147 8. War and the State 175 9. War and Technology 213 10. War and the Law 241 11. Evil 265 12. The Future of War 283 13. Women and Peace 303 14. Stone Age Behaviors in the Twenty-First Century 333 15. C ivilization at Its Best 365 To the Reader 385 References 389 Index 411 About the Authors 457
1. Sex and Violence 1 2. The War of Nature 17 3. The Missing Link 39 4. We Band of Brothers 63 5. Terrorists 99 6. Women and War 119 7. Raids into Battles 147 8. War and the State 175 9. War and Technology 213 10. War and the Law 241 11. Evil 265 12. The Future of War 283 13. Women and Peace 303 14. Stone Age Behaviors in the Twenty-First Century 333 15. C ivilization at Its Best 365 To the Reader 385 References 389 Index 411 About the Authors 457
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