
Is war necessary? In Peace and War prominent anthropologists and other social scientists explore the cultural and social factors leading to war. They analyze the covert causes of war from a cross-cultural perspective: ideologies that dispose people to war; underlying patterns...

In Peace and War prominent anthropologists and other social scientists explore the cultural and social factors leading to war. The authors examine anthropologists' role in policy formation how their theories on the nature of culture and society help those who deal with...