![]() Gat needs this expansive toolkit because his essential questions cross disciplinary lines and many of his topics cannot be accessed with only the standard methods of history and political science. ![]() War in Human Civilization reflects his interdisciplinary career by employing ideas and methods from a variety of science and social science disciplines. Gat received his Ph.D in history and he now teaches political science at Tel Aviv University. First, what are the essential reasons why humans fight wars? Second, how have the motivations, practices, and lethality of war changed as human civilization has transformed over time? Although the book is a challenging read given its length and dense writing, Gat offers much illumination on these and other questions. ![]() ![]() In War in Human Civilization, Azar Gat tackles two major questions about war. ![]()
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