Books by David Courtwright
Violent Land
by David Courtwright
Courtwright takes on the puzzle of American violence in a rich narrative which weaves history with evolutionary psychology and neurobiology
Interviews where books by David Courtwright were recommended
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The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World
by Oona Hathaway & Scott Shapiro -
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Homicide
by Martin Daly and Margo Wilson -
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Statistics of Deadly Quarrels
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Violent Land
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The Remnants of War
by John Mueller -
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Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
by Roy Baumeister
The best books on The Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker
The best books on The Decline of Violence, recommended by Steven Pinker
Our TV screens may be full of news about war and crime, but this masks a fall in historical terms in the number of violent deaths that’s nothing short of astonishing, says Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. He tells us how and why this happened. (This interview was updated 17 December, 2020, to include books that have come out since it was published in 2011)
