War in human civilization / Azar Gat.

Preface: The Riddle of War -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- PART 1. Warfare in the First Two Million Years: Environment, Genes, and Culture: 1. Introduction: The H̀uman State of Nature' ; 2. Peaceful or War-Like: Did Hunter-Gatherers Fight? ; 3. Why Fighting?: The Evolutionary Rationale ; 4. Motivation: Food and Sex ; 5. Motivation: The Web of Desire ; 6. P̀rimitive Warfare': How Was It Done? ; 7. Conclusion: Fighting in the Evolutionary State of Nature -- PART 2. Agriculture, Civilization, and War: 8. Introduction: Evolving Cultural Complexity ; 9. Tribal Warfare in Agraria and Pastoralia ; 10. Armed Force in the Emergence of the State ; 11. The Eurasian Spearhead: East, West, and the Steppe ; 12. Conclusion: War, the Leviathan, and the Pleasures and Miseries of Civilization -- PART 3. Modernity: The Dual Face of Janus: 13. Introduction: The Explosion of Wealth and Power ; 14. Guns and Markets: The New European States and a Global World ; 15. Unbound and Bound Prometheus: Machine-age War ; 16. Affluent Liberal Democracies, Ultimate Weapons, and the World ; 17. Conclusion: Unravelling the Riddle of War --