War before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage by Lawrence H. Keeley (
The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone.
War Before Civilization Lawrence Keeley Prehistoric Warfare Anthropology PB Book
The book is illustrated with vintage prints that evoke nostalgia.