Why We Fight

Martin Mike

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Why are we willing to die for our countries? How can ideology persuade someone to blow themselves up?

When we go to war, morality, religion and ideology often take the blame. But Mike Martin boldly argues that the opposite is true: rather than driving violence, these things help to reduce it. While we resort to ideas and values to justify or interpret warfare, something else is really propelling us towards conflict: our subconscious desires, shaped by millions of years of evolution.

"Why We Fight" will change the way we think about both violence and ourselves.

About the Author

Mike Martin is a visiting research fellow at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, having previously studied biology at Oxford. Between these experiences, he served as a British Army officer in Afghanistan. His previous books include "An Intimate War: An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict" and "Crossing the Congo: Over Land and Water in a Hard Place", the latter of which was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Writing Award in 2016.

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