The End of War by Horgan, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Introduction CHAPTER ONE - War Is Not Innate

AGAINST GENETIC DETERMINISM THE MYTH OF THE DEMONIC MALE DEBUNKING THE MYTH FRANS DE WAAL AND THE HIPPIE CHIMPS SAPOLSKY’S BABOONS THE FIERCE YANOMAMÖ WERE THE YANOMAMÖ TYPICAL? WAR’S RECENT ORIGIN

CHAPTER TWO - You Can’t Blame It All on a Few Bad Apples

HOW MOST SOLDIERS ACTUALLY FEEL ABOUT KILLING “THE 2 PERCENT WHO LIKE IT” THE WARRIOR GENE WHAT ABOUT BRAIN CHIPS, EMPOWERED WOMEN, OR OTHER BIO-SOLUTIONS?

CHAPTER THREE - Does Resource Scarcity Make Us Fight? (No, Not Necessarily)

THE CIRCUMSCRIPTION THEORY OF WAR MALTHUSIAN EXCEPTIONS PROS AND CONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THE STATISTICS OF DEADLY QUARRELS ECO-SOLUTIONS TO WAR FALL SHORT THE ESSENTIAL MYSTERY OF WAR

CHAPTER FOUR - Is War a Cultural Contagion? (Yes)

WHY WAR IS SO INFECTIOUS THE VIRULENCE OF WESTERN WAR DOCILITY AND WAR CRIMES THE BAD BARRELS PROBLEM IS OUR ERA LIKE 1910? CENSORSHIP AND OTHER CULTURAL SOLUTIONS UNINVENTING WAR

CHAPTER FIVE - Choosing Peace

RELINQUISHING WAR WAR VERSUS SLAVERY THE DECLINE OF WAR DOES DEMOCRACY PROMOTE PEACE? JOHN MUELLER’S OPTIMISM PEACE IS THE WAY

CHAPTER SIX - The Power of Nonviolence

THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER SOLUTIONS NICARAGUA VERSUS COSTA RICA DAMNED-IF-YOU-DO-OR-DON’T DILEMMAS THE LIMITS OF (MY) PACIFISM JUST POLICING THE END-OF-WAR RULE HARNESSING THE POWER OF RELIGION REJECTING DEFEATISM

EPILOGUE APPENDIX - A Brief Prehistory of Violence ENDNOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Acknowledgments ABOUT THE AUTHOR Copyright Page