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"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 …
"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…
"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…
"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 …
"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 …
"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…
"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 …
In this course, Kenyon College professor Dr. Timothy B. Shutt addresses three wars fought in antiquity, each of which had--even two thousand years and more later--a decisive effect in shaping our communal sense of who we are, wherever Western values hold.
Wars that made the western world
by Recorded Books, Inc, Shutt, Timothy Baker
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Type: Book
In this course, Kenyon College professor Dr. Timothy B. Shutt addresses three wars fought in antiquity, each of which had--even two thousand years and more later--a decisive effect in shaping our communal sense of who we are, wherever Western values hold.
Why should we investigate the defeats of a society that almost never lost a war? In this book, Jessica H. Clark answers this question by showing what responses to defeat can tell us about the Roman definition of victory. The text traces Roman responses to the Second Punic War, s…