AbbreviationsPreface1 What Is War?2 To 15003 War, 1500-16504 Limited War? 1650-17905 Imperialism and Revolutions, 1790-19136 World War I and Its Sequel, 1914-307 World War II and Its Origins, 1931-458 The Age of the Cold War, 1946-899 War since the Cold War, 1990-10 Into the Future11 ConclusionsSelected Further ReadingIndexAbout the Author