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CHAPTER

I ORIGINS AND BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

3

II UNCONSCIOUS MOTIVES, THE REVERSION THEORIES OF WAR, AND THE INTOXICATION MOTIVE

17

III INSTINCTS IN WAR: FEAR, HATE, THE AGGRESSIVE

IMPULSE,

MOTIVES OF COMBAT AND DESTRUCTION, THE SOCIAL

INSTINCT 38

IV AESTHETIC ELEMENTS IN THE MOODS AND IMPULSES OF WAR

70

V PATRIOTISM, NATIONALISM AND NATIONAL HONOR

78

VI "CAUSES" AS PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES IN WAR

97

VII PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES

110

VIII RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INFLUENCES

117

IX ECONOMIC FACTORS AND MOTIVES

128

X POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL FACTORS

142

XI THE SYNTHESIS OF CAUSES

153