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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined is a 2011 book by Steven Pinker, in which the author argues that violence in the world has declined both in the long run and in the short run and suggests explanations as to why this has occurred. [1] The book uses data documenting declining violence across time and geography.This paints a picture of massive declines in the violence of ...
26 cze 2024 · A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war. In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund...
26 maj 2022 · In his new book Why We Fight: The Roots of War and The Paths to Peace, Prof. Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago lays out the five main reasons why countries go to war—and why building peace is actually a lot easier than we may think.
19 lut 2024 · Books. From Homer to Gaza, the History of Books in Wartime. Nazis burned books; the U.S. shipped them to its troops; Alexander the Great, Hitler, and Stalin were keen bibliophiles. How to make...
27 cze 2024 · The question of why warfare has been an inescapable part of human history – and most likely its future – is the subject of a landmark new book from one of the country’s leading authorities on the Second World War.
14 paź 2022 · From gang wars to ethnic violence, and from civil conflicts to world wars, the same five reasons underlie conflict at every level: war happens when a society or its leader is unaccountable, ideological, uncertain, biased, or unreliable. Five Reasons for War. Consider Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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