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The End of War

Paperback • 2014 • English

The End of War

By John Horgan

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About the book

War is a fact of human nature. As long as we exist, it exists. That's how the argument goes. But longtime Scientific American writer John Horgan disagrees. Applying the scientific method to war leads Horgan to a radical conclusion: biologically speaking, we are just as likely to be peaceful as violent. War is not preordained, and furthermore, it should be thought of as a solvable, scientific problem -- like curing cancer. But war and cancer differ in at least one crucial way: whereas cancer is a...Show more

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9781938073120

Publisher

McSweeney's Publishing

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

The End of War

Format

Paperback

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