Part 1 Persisting violence: the warring state in China as institution and idea, Mark Lewis payback and ritual in war in New Guinea, Gilbert Lewis communal violence in northern Ghana - unaccepted war, Susan Drucker-Brown nationalist imaginings of war in Cyprus, Yiannis Papadakis families in conflict - pervasive violence in Northern Ireland, Dominic Murray a very modern war - terror and territory in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Cornelia Sorabji. Part 2 Enhancing motivation: war and peace - the socialization of children, Sharon Smith and Linda Siegel war and militarism, Hylke Tromp the knights of the sky and the myth of the war experience, George Mosse the role of the mass media in modern wars, Jo Groebel patriotism and nationalism, two components of national identity with different implications for war and peace, Sy Feshbach war and religion - an unholy alliance?, Helen Watson. Part 3 The sub-institutions: modern Japan and war - a problem with the past, Joe McDermott economics and conflict, Robert Nield lack of parliamentary accountability and its effect on arms build-up, Scilla Elworthy the arms trade, Michael Brzoska.