{"product_id":"war-what-is-it-good-for-conflict-and-the-progress-of-civilization-from-primates-to-robots","title":"War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our societyfor the better  \"War! . . . . \/ What is it good for? \/ Absolutely nothing \" says the famous songbut archaeology  history  and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds  war has made humanity safer and richer. In War! What Is It Good For?  the renowned historian and archaeologist Ian Morris tells the gruesome  gripping story of fifteen thousand years of war  going beyond the battles and brutality to reveal what war has really done to and for the world. Stone Age people lived in small  feuding societies and stood a one-in-ten or even one-in-five chance of dying violently. In the twentieth century  by contrastdespite two world wars  Hiroshima  and the Holocaustfewer than one person in a hundred died violently. The explanation: War  and war alone  has created bigger  more complex societies  ruled by governments that have stamped out internal violence. Strangely enough  killing has made the world safer  and the safety it has produced has allowed people to make the world richer too. War has been historys greatest paradox  but this searching study of fifteen thousand years of violence suggests that the next half century is going to be the most dangerous of all time. If we can survive it  the age-old dream of ending war may yet come to pass. But  Morris argues  only if we understand what war has been good for can we know where it will take us next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44954637860917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374286000","price":28.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374286002.jpg?v=1770278719","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/war-what-is-it-good-for-conflict-and-the-progress-of-civilization-from-primates-to-robots","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}