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Author Crook, D. P. (David Paul)

Title Darwinism, war, and history : the debate over the biology of war from the "Origin of the species" to the First World War / Paul Crook
Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description xii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. The Darwinian legacy -- 2. The age of Spencer and Huxley -- 3. Crisis in the West: the pre-war generation and the new biology -- 4. 'The natural decline of warfare': anti-war evolutionism prior to 1914 -- 5. The Great War: man the fighting animal -- 6. The survival of peace biology -- 7. Naturalistic fallacies and noble ends -- 8. Conclusion
Analysis Wars
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 270-297
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
Aggressiveness -- History.
Peace -- Psychological aspects -- History.
Biopolitics -- History.
Social Darwinism -- History.
War -- Psychological aspects -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.
LC no. 93011156
ISBN 0521444659
0521466458 (paperback)