Originally published in 1994, the late Keith F. Otterbein's
scholarship had followed an overall design since 1962, when he
began conducting comparative studies of warfare using both
ethnographic and cross-cultural methods. Through a conceptual
framework derived from systems theory, he made signal contributions
to our understanding of the role of warfare in human social
evolution. He formulated a Fraternal Interest Group theory,
utilizing it to explain not only feuding and warfare but also rape
and capital punishment. Believing that armed combat is learned
behaviour, he posed questions about its learning process that had
yet to be answered. He acted as a major synthesizer of the growing
literature on warfare and led attempts among anthropologists to
apply their knowledge of war and peace to current events. This
volume will serve both as a useful introduction to the anthropology
of war and as a needed compendium of Professor Otterbein's ideas.
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