The purpose of intervention changing beliefs about the use of force
- Ithaca Cornell University Press 2003
- viii, 173 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Violence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members' priorities.