Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Cornell Paperbacks Edition ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Criminal and Disciplined Warfare 8
7. 2. The Control of War and the Rise of War Aversion 24
8. 3. World War I as a Watershed Event 39
9. 4. World War II as a Reinforcing Event 50
10. 5. War and Conflict during the Cold War 66
11. 6. Civil War and Terrorism after the Cold War 85
12. 7. Ordering the New World 117
13. 8. The Prospects for Policing Wars 141
14. 9. The Decline of War: Explanations and Extrapolations 161
15. Notes 183
16. References 213
17. Index 247