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Foreword

Samuel White

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Abstract

Ray Kerkhove's How They Fought brings to light a big question: how do we measure warfare? War, as a concept, is difficult to define. A complex idea such as 'war' has multiple pasts, and it is the role of a legal historian such as me to show the paths taken to our modern understandings - fashionably called 'intellectual genecology'. War, being a fundamentally political concept, must be seen within its historical construct. It is due to its historical basis that its employment successfully constitutes a generative metaphor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHow they fought: indigenous tactics and weaponry of Australia's frontier wars
Place of PublicationTingalpa, Australia
PublisherBoolarong Press
Pagesix-x
ISBN (Print)9781922643582
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2023

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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