CONTENTS

PREFACE                                                                              

PROLOGUE                                                                   

Part 1   THE ORIGINS AND NATURE OF WAR            

Chapter 1        The Problem of War                                                 

Chapter 2        Conflict and Cooperation — Guilt and Genes                        

Chapter 3        Chimps, Hunting and Genes for War                           

Chapter 4        Learning to Kill                                                              

Chapter 5        Cells, Cities and Empires                                                             

Chapter 6        Blades and Bullets                                                                  

Chapter 7        Bombs and Guns - Walls, Wheels and Wires                               

Part 2    The Effects of War

Chapter 8        What's Wrong with War?                                      

Chapter 9        The Bright Side of Strife                                               

Part 3    Strategies for Peace

Chapter 10      Is Peace Possible?                                                       

Chapter 11      Controlling the Killer Drives                                         

Chapter 12      Channelling the Drives                                                 

Chapter 13      Arms that Don't Harm                                           

Chapter 14      Problems with Non-Lethal Weapons                           

Chapter 15      Benefit without Bloodshed                                   

Chapter 16      Confronting the Causes                                               

         

Part 4    Peace Technology 

Chapter 17      The Craft of Peace                                                

Chapter 18      Law and Peace                                                      

 

Part 5    Pathways to Peace

Chapter 19      UN to Set the Scene                                              

Chapter 20      Armies Which Don't Kill                                                

Chapter 21      Getting To Work on the World                                     

Chapter 22      Guns and Bullies                                                   

Chapter 23      The Post-Lethal Age - a Culture of Peace                   

Chapter 24      World Government - a New Code of Peace                         

Chapter 25      Triggering the Change                                          

Chapter 26      The Future                                                             

 

Conclusions                                                                          

Acknowledgements                                                              

Bibliography                                                                  

End Notes                                                                              

Index