# On the Origins of War

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- Book: [On the Origins of War](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-kagan/on-the-origins-of-war) ([On the Origins of War.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-kagan/on-the-origins-of-war.md))
- Authors: [Donald Kagan](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-kagan)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-8542-375-5
- Pages: 624
- Published: 1996-01-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War. War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing...