The causes of war and the spread of peace: but will war rebound?

Part I. Past imperfect: prehistory and history

When did it all begin?

Why people fought in the evolutionary state of nature

The clash of the state-leviathans

Part II. Flaws and miconceptions in disciplinary grand theories

Anthropology: why people fought (if they did)

The causes of war (or their absence) in international relations theory

Part III. The modernization peace

Has war been declining - and why?

Challenges to the modernization peace: past and future

Conclusion: the logic of war and peace.