The shortest history of war : from hunter-gatherers to nuclear superpowers-- a retelling for our times

9781770866812
9781615199303
1770866817

First Canadian edition

263 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

Origins
How combat works
The evolution of battle, 3500-1500 BCE
Classical war, 1500 BCE-1400 CE
Absolute monarchs and limited war, 1400-1790
Mass warfare, 1790-1900
Total war
A short history of nuclear war, 1945-1990
Trifurcation : nuclear, conventional, terrorist
The end of war

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