Re: War: origins

Tibor Benke (benke@SFU.CA)
Sat, 2 Jul 1994 02:05:27 -0700

Leon Lane wrote:

>[bunch of interesting stuff, re definition of war]...
> Militarism fu
>nctions to enhance the ability of a society to successfully make war. However,
>I'll hold off on further discussion to see if people are interested first.
>

I think Leon's thoughts frame the subject well. I would be interested in
continued discussion of the origins of warfare, especially in connection
with the emergence of class or caste society and also state and empire.

>@> Tibor Benke /benke@sfu.ca (^)%(#)
>@> Graduate Student (MA program)
>@> Department of Sociology and Anthropology
>@> Simon Fraser University,
>@> Burnaby, B.C., Canada. V5A 1S6