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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War   Barbara Ehrenreich
Very well written account of how war developed in human culture. Fascinating, and I think, persuasive hypothesis that religion developed out of our hominid, then human, experience as prey. Even more interesting than war. Excellent ideas about how the modern nation state was created and is defined by war. Interesting idea about the form that nationalism takes in the United States. And, maybe war is a meme. Interesting and useful book, especially about the origins of religion.