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Constant Battles Why We Fight

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ISBN-10: 0312310900

ISBN-13: 9780312310905

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Steven A. LeBlanc, Katherine E. Register, Steven A. Le Blanc, Steven A. Leblanc

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With armed conflict in the Persian Gulf now upon us, Harvard archaeologist Steven LeBlanc takes a long-term view of the nature and roots of war, presenting a controversial thesis: The notion of the "noble savage" living in peace with one another and in harmony with nature is a fantasy. In Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage, LeBlanc contends that warfare and violent conflict have existed throughout human history, and that humans have never lived in ecological balance with nature. The start of the second major U.S. military action in the Persian Gulf, combined with regular headlines about spiraling environmental destruction, would tempt anyone to conclude that…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 8/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Steven A. LeBlanc is an archaeologist and Director of Collections at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.