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War! What Is It Good For? Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots

Ian Morris

A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society―for the better "War! . . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing," says the famous song―but archaeology, history, and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds, war has made hu...

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It was reviewed on the podcast; the reviewer stated that the author believes that, on a grand scale, war has been a good thing for humanity, advancing it by making it safer and wealthier and aspiring to universalism beyond tribe and ethnicity.

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hard as it may be to believe in general imperialism has advanced humanity by making it safer and wealthier and by aspiring to a universalism beyond tribe and ethnicity

— Episode: Is war an economic necessity?

Episode: Is war an economic necessity?

It was reviewed on the podcast; the reviewer stated that the author believes that, on a grand scale, war has been a good thing for humanity, advancing it by making it safer and wealthier and aspiring to universalism beyond tribe and ethnicity.

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hard as it may be to believe in general imperialism has advanced humanity by making it safer and wealthier and by aspiring to a universalism beyond tribe and ethnicity

imperialism has led ultimately to what Morris calls a global cop a a role that the U.S. has played however imperfectly since the collapse of the Soviet empire.

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