War_And_Society

War And Society Keeley’s is attempting to prove that primitive warfare throughout history has been effective and occasionally more successful than civilized methods. Throughout Chapter five of “War Before Civilization”, evidence is displayed showing the different success rates of primitive warfare compared to its civilized counterpart. Two examples that offer proof to Keeley’s theory are: 1. Julius Caesar’s Roman legion was incapable of conquering England, which was defended by the undisciplined, barbarian hosts of Celts and Germans. Raids and ambush tactics demonstrated by the barbarians deferred a Roman triumph for a century. (A.D.9.) (Pg.72) 2. During the Battle of Little Big Horn, two hundred U.S. soldiers led by Colonel Custer were ambushed and defeated by one thousand and eight hundred Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. (1866) (Pg.73) Certainly, aspects of primitive warfare primitive, warfare, war, civilized, keely’s, examples, throughout, success, societies, roman, rates, occasionally, majority, individual, hundred, history, five, effectiveness, different, defeated, chapter, been, battles, attempting, yet, win, while, warriors, victorious, various, undisciplined, uncivilized, unattainable, two, triumph, time