Christian Feest: The Art of War (1980, kirjastopoisto)

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Christian Feest The Art of War
Thames and Hudson 1980

War is a constant feature of most tribal societies, whether the motivation is territorial conquest, revenge, the need to maintain the honour of ancestors, or simply the personal glory, of the leader. Discussing the ceremonies that surround war, the strategies adopted, and the mechanism that different tribes have for making peace, the author analyses the differences between inter-tribal wars and colonial wars and gives us new insight into the Western notion of "warlike natives". But above all, his book is an account of the extraordinary range of weapons that proliferate in all tribal societies - from clubs and knuckledusters to the glorious war canoes of Tahiti. It deserves the technology that underlies them and explains the significance of the decoration of these objects, often the most beutiful of tribal artifacts.