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War and Human Nature
Engelsk
Bogcover for War and Human Nature af Stephen Peter Rosen, 9780691130569
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780691130569
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0691130566
Udg. Dato:
25 feb 2007
Størrelse i cm:
23,5 x 15,6 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
25 feb 2007
Forfatter(e):

War and Human Nature

Engelsk
Paperback 2007
Format:

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Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ordered to fight and were capable of doing so? Why did Hitler declare war on the United States knowing full well the power of that country?



War and Human Nature argues that new findings about the way humans are shaped by their inherited biology may help provide answers to such questions. This seminal work by former Defense Department official Stephen Peter Rosen contends that human evolutionary history has affected the way we process the information we use to make decisions. The result is that human choices and calculations may be very different from those predicted by standard models of rational behavior.


This notion is particularly true in the area of war and peace, Rosen contends. Human emotional arousal affects how people learn the lessons of history. For example, stress and distress influence people''s views of the future, and testosterone levels play a role in human social conflict. This thought-provoking and timely work explores the mind that has emerged from the biological sciences over the last generation. In doing so, it helps shed new light on many persistent puzzles in the study of war.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9780691130569
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0691130566
Udg. Dato:
25 feb 2007
Størrelse i cm:
23,5 x 15,6 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
25 feb 2007
Forfatter(e):
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