TY - BOOK AU - GAT Azar TI - War in human civilization SN - 0199262136 (hbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Oxford Univ Press KW - WAR KW - SOCIOLOGY KW - HISTORY KW - WAR AND SOCIETY N2 - A social history of war throughout human society which argues that violent conflict has been a feature of human life as far back as it can be traced. The modern era of relative peace reflects the lower individual risk of violence resulting from people living in state based societies, but it is said this should not be taken to mean that modern liberal democracies at peace with one another will become the norm ER -