Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Why This Study Matters Part 1: Ultimate Evolutionary Strategies: An Overview 2. Inclusive Fitness and In-Group Amity 3. Groups as Forces of Selection and Out-Group Enmity Part 2: Emergent Psychological Strategies: An Overview 4. Epigenesis and Channeled Cognition 5. The Identification Mechanism – The Critical Linkage Part 3: Reinterpreting the Empirical Record: An Overview 6. African Coups d’État 7. Nationalism and Patriotism Part 4: Mobilizing for Action: An Overview 8. On Biases, Blinders, and Dead Ends 9. The Policy Frontier: Does Peace Have a Chance? Appendix 1: A Cost-Benefit Framework Applicable to Ethnic Conflict. Appendix 2: Incest Avoidance and Early Warfare. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.