Anna Simons 1999: War: Back to the Future. In Annual Review of Anthropology 28. 73-108.

Abstract: War is a fraught subject. Those who study it often fight about it. This chapter examines the current state of the study of war, described and analyzed by anthropologists and nonanthropologists who employ concepts like culture in writing about the future of war. Warfare seems bound to keep us revisiting certain aspects of the past. At the same time, nothing induces change quite like conflict. Does war have a future? The preponderance of evidencebiological, archeological, ethnologicalsuggests that it does. But not all anthropologists agree. This in and of itself represents one of a series of gaps that begs further consideration.

Actually in our first meeting, we decided to read this text. Its a very good overview to start with.
Additionally we extended our topic towards "Anthropology of war and technology". Further details will follow in the coming weeks. Can you, kerleone, open up a new department "anthropology of war and technology" in the ethnolog and give us a platform for our activities ?