Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Criteria for Good Theory

Useful

Empirical

Logical

Falsifiable

Parsimonious

Generalizable

Chapter 2 Conflict Analysis

Three Roles for Mathematics in Conflict Theory

Risk

Prisoners’ Dilemma

Bayes's Theorem

Lattice Theory

Pareto Optimization

Strategic Choice

Fair Division

Chapter 3 The Nature of Man

Aggression

Early Man

Biology of Aggression

Sociobiology

Aggression in Primates

Chapter 4 Aggression and the Mind

Aggression as Instinct

Frustration-Aggression

Aggression as Learned Behavior

Human Needs Theory

Psychiatric Theories

Chapter 5 Intellectual Conflict

Man

History

Society

Nature

God

The Importance of Dissent

Chapter 6 Moral Conflict

The Origins of Morality

Individual Moral Development

Four Forms of Moral Conflict

Managing Moral Conflicts

Chapter 7 Interpersonal Conflict

Personality and Conflict

Personality Types and Their Measurement

The “Generation Gap”

Low Conflict Societies

Family Conflict

Dual Variable Models

Power

Linguistic Models of Communication

System Models of Communication

Social Models of Communication

Culture and Interpersonal Conflicts

Chapter 8 Gender Conflict

Discrimination

Communication Style

Sexual Harassment

Relational Aggression

Women in Peace and War

The Matriarchal Past

Chapter 9 Organizational Conflict

Organizational Development

Labor-Management Conflict

Leadership

Crisis Management

Competitive Strategy

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Chapter 10 Community Conflict

Class Conflict

Ethnic Conflict

Gangs

Hostage Crises

Conflict and Stress

The Wisdom of Crowds

Chapter 11 Political Conflict

Governmental Systems

Deliberative Assemblies

Voting Systems

Redistricting

Vote Fraud

Tax Systems

The Tragedy of the Commons and the Free Rider Problem

Chapter 12 Causes of War

Reproductive Success

Ecological Equilibrium

Territorial Imperative

Relative Deprivation

Nation-States

Characteristics of States

Number of Bordering States

Polarity

Human Rights

Arms Races

Correlates of War

Expected Utility

Chapter 13 Just War in Eight Cultures

The Roman Catholic Tradition

The Greek Orthodox Tradition

The Jewish Tradition

The Muslim Tradition

The Hindu Tradition

The Buddhist Tradition

The Chinese Tradition

The Japanese Tradition

Just War Today

Chapter 14 Interstate Conflict

Origins of War

Types of War

Strategic and Tactical Theory

Strategic Geography

Chapter 15 Asymmetric Conflict

Economic Warfare

Humanitarian War

Guerrilla or Low Intensity Warfare

Terrorism

Counter-terrorism

Cyber Warfare

Lawfare

Chapter 16 The Search for Peace

What is Peace?

Diplomacy

Track II Diplomacy

Department of Peace

Arms Control vs. Peace through Strength

Balance of Power

World Government and Peacekeeping

Pacifism and Nonviolence

Reconciliation

Is Mankind Becoming More Peaceful?

Chapter 17 Dispute Resolution

Torts

Negotiation

Distributive Negotiation

Integrative Negotiation

Third-Party Intervention

Large-Scale Third-Party Intervention

The Agreement Circumplex

Chapter 18 Putting Conflict Theory to Use

Chapter 19 Improving Conflict Theory

Appendix Major Fallacies in Logic

Bibliography

Author Biography

For Alita and Mike