The Origins Of Western Warfare: Militarism And , Dawson Paperback..

Taylor & Francis

This book provides an overview of primitive Western warfare, showing how the main motivations of prehistoric combat\u2014revenge and honor\u2014set the tone for Greek thinking about questions of war and morality. It offers a short account of classical theories of war and imperialism. > What is the source of the uniquely Western way of war, the persistent militarism that has made Europe the site of bloodshed throughout history and secured the dominance of the West over the rest of the world? The answer, Doyne Dawson persuasively argues in this groundbreaking new book, is to be found in the very bedrock of Western civilization: ancient Greece and Rome.The Origins of Western Warfare begins with an overview of primitive warfare, showing how the main motivations of prehistoric combat?revenge and honor?set the tone for Greek thinking about questions of war and morality. These ideas, especially as later developed by the Romans, ensured the emergence of a distinctive Western tradition of .