War is the engine that drives civilization. Is he right?
Blood and Leviathan A Stanford historian thinks war is the engine that drives civilization. Is he right? Stephen Davies Reason.com Jun. 27, 2015 12:00 pm Ken Welsh / Alamy War! What Is It Good For? Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots, by Ian Morris, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 495 pages, $30 Is war good for anything? In the long run, the Stanford hi..