Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Why Study War and Peace? -- The Use of Sociology -- Our Involvement in War -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 2 The Social Structure of War and Peace -- What's Social About War? -- The Social Structure of Peace -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 3 Explaining War -- The Cultural Evolution of War -- Approaches to Explaining War -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 4 Militarism: Making War Possible -- Militarism in Everyday Life -- The Post-Cold War Era -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 5 The Military-Industrial Complex -- Scope of the Military Establishment -- Explaining the High Cost of the Military -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 6 Methods of Avoiding War -- Deterrence -- Arms Control -- Collective Security -- Empire -- World Order -- The Limits of Sovereignty -- Nonsovereign Options -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 7 Methods of Promoting Peace -- The Peace-Justice Connection -- The Creation of Peace -- Chapter Summary -- Questions for Review -- For Further Research -- 8 Epilogue: People and Peacemaking -- Chapter Summary -- For Further Research -- References -- Index.
This book is the author's attempt to translate his knowledge of peace studies into the language of sociology, so that the former can be grasped as a more complete whole. It aims to increase interest among sociologists in issues of war and peace because they provide food for sociological thought.
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