LP>The ancient Greek method of fighting was very destructive, as you say.
  >My source (John Keegan, A History of Warfare) doesn't categorize ancient
  >Greek warfare as primitive. He suggests that the Greeks' phalanx
  >method of fighting may be part of the origin of our own murderous form
  >of war:
So Keegan doesn't differentiate "primitive" and "modern" warfare by
weaponry, but by attitude.  Primitive warfare is not out for mass
destruction; modern warfare is.  An interesting concept.
LP>Keegan's examples of primitive warmakers are the Aztecs, the Maoris, the
  >Maring of New Guinea, and the Yanomamo of South America.  He thinks we
  >can learn from them and from Oriental ideas of war.  Otherwise we'll be
  >blowing ourselves off the planet.  Keegan has an excellent observation
  >about nuclear war:  'no military thinker has explained how nuclear
  >warfare might be a continuation of politics.'  :(
I would like us to learn *something*.  Frankly, I'm not big on getting
blown off the planet.
                    Sondra
-*-
 þ SLMR 2.1a þ GK> I find gravity very attractive.
--- Opus-CBCS 1.7x via O_QWKer 1.1
---------------