Mike H.

William Winwood Reade published a little know book in 1872 - The Martyrdom of Man - that describes the history of war beginning with the Egyptians, and discussing Western Asia, the Greeks, Macedoinians, Alexandra (Alexander the Great), Phoenecians, Carthage and Rome, Africa, and the Arabs. This book tells the story of WHY men have wars, and there are many different reasons and complexity. So your question about the inevitability of war requires a much more complex discussion about Politics, Religion, Geography and resources, Power, and Wealth. All of those factors in different complex combinations have led to war.