Primitive Warfare Quotes by Lawrence H. Keeley

“Cynics have observed that those who have benefited the most from “progress”—the citizens of the First World—are the people most inclined to disdain it.…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“To a great extent, the superior transportation and agricultural technology of Europe and its efficient economic and logistic methods made possible its triumph over…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“Primitive (and guerrilla) warfare consists of war stripped to its essentials: the murder of enemies; the theft or destruction of their sustenance, wealth, and…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“Efficiency is a ratio, not an absolute.”

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“It was the concentration of resources and power in hierarchical political organizations, the millions of cannon-fodder citizens subject to their disposal, the galleon, compass…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“Most of the evils attributed to civilization and progress—such as social inequality and subordination, murder, theft, rape, vandalism, and conquest—are found concentrated in the…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“In intellectual and popular culture, war has come to be regarded by many as a peculiar psychosis of Western civilization. This atmosphere of Western…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“There is simply no proof that warfare in small-scale societies was a rarer or less serious undertaking than among civilized societies. In general, warfare…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“Our common humanity, viewed realistically, can be as much a source of despair as hope.”

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“Except in geographical scale, tribal warfare could be and often was total war in every modern sense. Like states and empires, smaller societies can…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

“Military ferocity is not a fixed quality of any race or culture, but a temporary condition that usually bears the seeds of it own…

— Lawrence H. Keeley