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The Tangled Roots of War and Peace

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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Can We Overcome These Inherent Urges Within Us?

Margaret macmillan's new book, War: How Wars Shaped Us is out now. She says we can overcome our inherent urges to start wars or will we always be warring animals? i am so struck by the way in which germany has changed. Most european countries have moved well away from military values and have moved away from thinking that war is a useful tool of for most europeans,. They don't think it's useful. Steve has a longer interview with her in nautilus magazine. You'll find the link on our web site at t t book dot org.

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