The necessity--as some would claim it is--has been around since the dawn of man. During the course of evolution, wars waged against the elements of nature for survival led to our ability to conquer wild uncivilized lands and make then stable and inhabitable. Modern civilizations have warred since their development. We can gaze at history for many prime examples: the biblical struggles between the Babylonians and the Jews; the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great 300 years before the dawn of Christ; the conquering and assimilation of the Grecian Empire by the Romans; the invasion of the Roman empires by the Angles and Saxons, and its subsequent collapse; the slaughter of Indians by Columbus; the overthrow of the French King Louis XVI in a bloody civil war; the conquest of Napoleon throughout Europe and Southeast Asia in the early 19th century. Moreover, what has become of these wars...