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Why War?
What if war isn’t a choice but an inescapable part of who we are? In Why War?, historian Richard Overy dissects humanity’s oldest addiction—violence—tracing its roots from prehistoric skulls split by stone axes to modern drones over Ukraine. Through the lens of biology, power-hungry leaders, and primal fears, he unveils a chilling truth: even Einstein and Freud couldn’t escape its grip. As nuclear tensions simmer and empires rise, will our survival instincts finally break the cycle… or prove Freud’s grim prophecy right?
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Published: June 4, 2024
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 304
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1324021742
- Access: Members