Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 The Nature, Creation, and Assertion of Power 3

2 Why Nations Go to War and Stay at Peace 27

3 Warfare in the Twenty-First Century 55

4 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 77

5 Weapons of Mass Destruction 95

6 War, Peace, and the Global Community 127

7 Consequences 165

Notes 173

Index 191