A history of force : exploring the worldwide movement against habits of coercion, bloodshed, and mayhem / James L. Payne.

Reviews over two dozen coercion-based practices, including human sacrifice, genocide, war, terrorism, revolution, political murder, riots, homicide, imprisonment, capital punishment, torture, religious persecution, slavery, debt bondage, and taxation. Examples and data are drawn from all over the wo...

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Main Author: Payne, James L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sandpoint, Idaho : Lytton Pub. Co., c2004 [i.e. 2003]
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505 0 |a The history we can't stand -- The history we can't believe -- What history is up to -- The first step away from force: overcoming human sacrifice -- With the edge of the sword: the changing view of genocide -- Conquer thy neighbor: new ideas about empire, war, and military forces -- Beyond political murder -- Whatever happened to revolution? -- From hell to hot meals: the evolution of criminal punishment -- Violence for show: Terrorism in the modern world -- The warlord's religion: Islam and global terrorism -- Violence in the streets -- The decline of slavery and debt bondage -- The changing face of taxation -- Freedom of belief and expression -- Government in the age of disrespect -- Swimming in history's tide: Lessons for voluntarists. 
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