Drawing parallels between tribal behavior and international relations to demonstrate that societies are not inherently aggressive but are led into conflict when pride or in-group pressures push people to fight, this profound look at the chilling reality of cold war and its arsenal of nuclear destruction offers valuable new insights into how prejudices and stereotypes contribute to what may seem like an inexorable drift to war. Yet the authors conclude that war is not inevitable, as they offer suggestions for an end to the arms race in the nuclear age. Based on original research, this is a long overdue contribution to the study of war and peace in our time and a text for newly emerging courses on the subject.
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Foreword by Alexandre Berenstein
Introduction by David Pitt
Tribal Mentality and the Cold War
The International Tribe and the Cold War
Inducement to Miltary Participation in Tribal Societies
U.S. Military Elites: Perceptions and Values
Anthropology and the Myths of American Foreign Policy
Witchcraft and the Cold War
Nuclear War and the Cold War
The Drift to War
Steps toward World War III
Biological and Social Consequences of a Nuclear War
Star Wars and Arms Control
The Dilemma of Disarming
Anthropological Research and the Cold War
Anthropology and War: Theory, Politics, Ethics
Anthropologists Going into the Cold: Research in the Age of Mutually Assured Destruction
Bibliography
Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780897891424
Publisert
1988-10-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
284 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224