“…Presentación del editor: "This book is about the psychological and biological bases of strategy making in war as they have evolved in humans over our history as a species. …”

“…A staunch defence of the humane, liberal life The War for Children's Minds is a much-needed guide to an urgent moral conundrum…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Legacies, ruptures and inertias : history in the Argentine school system / Maria Paula Gonzalez -- Under siege from right and left : a tale of the Australian school history wars / Tony Taylor -- "We were allowed to disagree, because we couldn't agree on anything" : seventeen voices in Canadian debates over history education / Ruth Sandwell -- Controversiality and consciousness : contemporary history education in Germany / Sylvia Semmet -- Denial in the classroom : political origins of the Japanese textbook controversy / Tony Taylor -- "Little is taught or learned in schools" : debates over the place of history in the New Zealand school curriculum / Mark Sheehan -- Transforming images of nation-building : ideology and nationalism in history school textbooks in Putin's Russia, 2001-2010 / Joseph Zajda -- Dealing with a reign of virtue : the post-apartheid South African school history curriculum / Rob Siebörger -- The history working group and beyond : a case study in the UK's history quarrels / Robert Guyver -- Wars and rumors of war : the rhetoric and reality of history education in the United States / Keith Barton…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Democracy as a state of mind : from world war to cold war -- Militarizing democracy : Japanese rearmament and the democratic "spirit" -- The San Francisco peace treaty : democracy and diplomacy in the "free world" -- Bloody Sunagawa: anti-base protests and democratic accountability -- A breaking point : the 1960 anti-security treaty protests -- Producing democracy : economic growth and the Japanese model…”