Gwynne Dyer is one of the world’s leading thinkers about war, in both an historical sense, but also in a humane one His doc series on the history of war (which overlaps with this book) won an Academy Award The book has received rave reviews in the UK, Europe and the US (“Entirely convincing... at once a valuable historical treatise and a fervent and compelling call toward pacifism.” — Publishers’ Weekly on War “Dyer writes with eloquence and authority … particularly effective