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Preface: The Riddle of War xi
Acknowledgements xiv
List of Illustrations xv
Warfare in the First Two Million Years: Environment, Genes, and Culture 1
Introduction: The 'Human State of Nature' 3
Peaceful or War-like: Did Hunter-Gatherers Fight? 11
Why Fighting? The Evolutionary Perspective 36
Motivation: Food and Sex 56
Motivation: The Web of Desire 87
'Primitive Warfare': How Was It Done? 114
Conclusion: Fighting in the Evolutionary State of Nature 133
Agriculture, Civilization, and War 147
Introduction: Evolving Cultural Complexity 149
Tribal Warfare in Agraria and Pastoralia 157
Armed Force in the Emergence of the State 231
The Eurasian Spearhead: East, West, and the Steppe 323
Conclusion: War, the Leviathan, and the Pleasures and Miseries of Civilization 401
Modernity: The Dual Face of Janus 443
Introduction: The Explosion of Wealth and Power 445
Guns and Markets: The New European States and a Global World 449
Unbound and Bound Prometheus: Machine Age War 512
Affluent Liberal Democracies, Ultimate Weapons, and the World 570
Conclusion: Unravelling the Riddle of War 662
Endnotes 674
Index 809
Picture credits 821
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