“Recommended”—Choice; “a sweeping analytical framework... Stempel demonstrates a thorough knowledge of warfare, from battlefield tactics and strategies to the continued advancement of weapons technologies and their role in the evolution of armed conflict...informative...well-researched and smoothly written”—Library of Social Science; “This is the most intelligent, penetrating, and insightful study of human warfare I've ever read. The insights will touch you deeply, and even give you the tools to end the inner wars inside us all.”—Mark Waldman, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, author of Words Can Change Your Brain.
