| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Contents |
Emotions, memory, and decision making -- Status, testosterone, and dominance -- Stress, distress, and war termination -- Of time, testosterone, and tyrants -- Where do we go from here |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
War.
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War -- Psychological aspects.
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Armed Conflicts
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armed conflicts.
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wars.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
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War
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War -- Psychological aspects
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Oorlog.
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Psychologische aspecten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400826360 |
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1400826365 |
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1282157965 |
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9781282157965 |
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9786612157967 |
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6612157968 |
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9780691116006 |
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0691116008 |
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9780691130569 |
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0691130566 |
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