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| Preface |
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1 | (30) |
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2 | (2) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (6) |
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The Roman Empire and Early Christendom |
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12 | (5) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (3) |
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Honor in Europe and the Early United States |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (8) |
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2 The Pacification Process |
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31 | (28) |
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31 | (5) |
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Violence in Human Ancestors |
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36 | (4) |
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40 | (7) |
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Rates of Violence in State and Nonstate Societies |
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47 | (9) |
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Civilization and Its Discontents |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (70) |
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The European Homicide Decline |
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61 | (3) |
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Explaining the European Homicide Decline |
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64 | (17) |
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81 | (4) |
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Violence Around the World |
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85 | (6) |
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Violence in These United States |
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91 | (15) |
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Decivilization in the 1960s |
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106 | (10) |
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Recivilization in the 1990s |
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116 | (13) |
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4 The Humanitarian Revolution |
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129 | (60) |
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Superstitious Killing: Human Sacrifice, Witchcraft, and Blood Libel |
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134 | (5) |
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Superstitious Killing: Violence Against Blasphemers, Heretics, and Apostates |
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139 | (5) |
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments |
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144 | (5) |
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149 | (4) |
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153 | (5) |
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Despotism and Political Violence |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (7) |
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Whence the Humanitarian Revolution? |
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168 | (7) |
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The Rise of Empathy and the Regard for Human Life |
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175 | (2) |
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The Republic of Letters and Enlightenment Humanism |
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177 | (7) |
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Civilization and Enlightenment |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (106) |
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Statistics and Narratives |
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190 | (3) |
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Was the 20th Century Really the Worst? |
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193 | (7) |
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The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, Part 1 The Timing of Wars |
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200 | (10) |
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The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, Part 2 The Magnitude of Wars |
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210 | (12) |
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The Trajectory of Great Power War |
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222 | (6) |
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The Trajectory of European War |
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228 | (3) |
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The Hobbesian Background and the Ages of Dynasties and Religions |
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231 | (4) |
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Three Currents in the Age of Sovereignty |
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235 | (3) |
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Counter-Enlightenment Ideologies and the Age of Nationalism |
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238 | (6) |
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Humanism and Totalitarianism in the Age of Ideology |
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244 | (5) |
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The Long Peace: Some Numbers |
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249 | (6) |
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The Long Peace: Attitudes and Events |
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255 | (13) |
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Is the Long Peace a Nuclear Peace? |
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268 | (10) |
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Is the Long Peace a Democratic Peace? |
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278 | (6) |
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Is the Long Peace a Liberal Peace? |
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284 | (4) |
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Is the Long Peace a Kantian Peace? |
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288 | (7) |
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295 | (83) |
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The Trajectory of War in the Rest of the World |
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297 | (23) |
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The Trajectory of Genocide |
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320 | (24) |
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The Trajectory of Terrorism |
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344 | (17) |
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Where Angels Fear to Tread |
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361 | (17) |
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378 | (104) |
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Civil Rights and the Decline of Lynching and Racial Pogroms |
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382 | (12) |
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Women's Rights and the Decline of Rape and Battering |
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394 | (21) |
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Children's Rights and the Decline of Infanticide, Spanking, Child Abuse, and Bullying |
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415 | (32) |
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Gay Rights, the Decline of Gay-Bashing, and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality |
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447 | (7) |
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Animal Rights and the Decline of Cruelty to Animals |
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454 | (21) |
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Whence the Rights Revolutions? |
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475 | (5) |
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From History to Psychology |
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480 | (2) |
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482 | (89) |
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483 | (5) |
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The Moralization Gap and the Myth of Pure Evil |
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488 | (9) |
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497 | (12) |
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509 | (6) |
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515 | (14) |
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529 | (18) |
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547 | (9) |
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556 | (13) |
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Pure Evil, Inner Demons, and the Decline of Violence |
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569 | (2) |
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571 | (100) |
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573 | (19) |
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592 | (19) |
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Recent Biological Evolution? |
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611 | (11) |
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622 | (20) |
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642 | (29) |
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671 | (26) |
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Important but Inconsistent |
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672 | (6) |
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678 | (2) |
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680 | (2) |
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682 | (2) |
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684 | (5) |
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689 | (1) |
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690 | (2) |
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692 | (5) |
| Notes |
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697 | (42) |
| References |
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739 | (34) |
| Index |
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