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The psychology and physiology of deadly conflict in war and in peace war and peace, volume 1 pax romana. Its sequels are the ungoverned, which was a novella published in his collection true names and other. A structuraldemographic analysis of american history. John basil turchin john basil turchin 18221901 was a union officer during the civil war. In war and peace and war, peter turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world. December 24, 1822 june 18, 1901 better known by his anglicised name of john basil turchin, was a union army brigadier general in the american civil war.