Download or read book The Psychology of Modern Conflict written by K. Payne and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does modern warfare, as fought by liberal societies, have in common with our human evolution? This study posits an important relationship between the two we have evolved to fight, and traditional hunter-gatherer societies were often violent places. But we also evolved to cooperate, to feel empathy and to behave altruistically towards others.