Here are some of the most important books about violence, its evolution, and its uses during the twentieth century. • Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651). "And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, ...

Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan. Edited by Noel Malcolm. Oxford University Press; 1,832 pages; $375 and £195. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk WHEN Thomas Hobbes was maths tutor to the future English king, ...