War: What Is It Good For? The Role of Conflict in Civilization from Primates to Robots - History Book for Political Science & Sociology Studies

A damn good read, that's what it's good for! This well-written text should be mandatory reading in the Senior Year of every high school. It would go far to curtail the level of stupidity found in today's institutes of "higher learning," and would save a lot of naïve students from hundreds of hours spent making protest posters and spending time on senseless marches inspired by insipid professors, in the primordial fever swamp of the Faculty Lounge, who have spent their entire adult lives whining about being ignored since they were children. This is also a fantastic teaching tool for any ECON 101 program, because it lays it out plain and simple that everything in life comes down to a simple matter of economics, whether it be commerce, war, politics or religion.It makes the point that as the robots and drones start taking over the battlefield by mid-21st century, it may eventually come down to "an army being composed of a general, a dog and a computer. The general's job will be to feed the dog, and the dog's job will be to keep the general away from the computer!"And for you math majors over in th' DAWGHOUSE over in Augusta, the answer to last weeks test question is: "Pie R round, Cornbread R Square!"GO GAMECOCKS!!!