Thayer shows a mastery of research and theory in both biology and international relations and weaves the two fields together in a compelling fashion. This volume introduces readers to the relevance of biological theory and findings for international politics, allowing them to see world politics in a different and valuable light.
~Dr. Steven A. Peterson Director, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Capital Co
Obligatory reading for social and life scientists alike, and deserves to become a standard work in political science. It is also
~International History Review
A thoughtful book that can challenge some of our comfortable assumptions.... His effort to construct a theoretically coherent argument is well worth reading, carefully.
~Journal of Military History
Thayer want to show... how a hard-science approach to a soft subject can work. He succeeds admirably, and his book deserves careful reading.
~Military Review
Outstanding! By ingeniously linking the social and biological sciences, Thayer makes a major contribution to our understanding of world politics, war, ethnic conflict, and international relations. This book will become a standard work in political science.
~Roger D. Masters, Dartmouth College
The fascinating pages of this book open a discussion that highlights humans as not being the only species to engage in organized warfare.
~Waterline
Thayer's work is impressively well researched and represents an attempt to breach hardened disciplinary barriers.
~Jonathon Louth, In-Spire Journal of Law, Politics and Societies
Groundbreaking in both its scope and conclusions, Darwin and International Relations refocuses the study of international affairs through the lens of Darwinian evolutionary theory.... Obligatory reading for social and life scientist alike, and deserves to become a standard work in political science. It is also
~Comparative Strategy
