Unexpected encounter -- The end of ecstasy -- A clash of civilizations -- The revolutionary premise -- First wave war -- Second wave war -- Airland battle -- The way we make wealth -- Third wave war -- A collision of war-forms -- Niche wars -- Space wars -- Robot wars -- Da Vinci dreams -- War without blood? -- The knowledge warriors -- The future of the spy -- Spin -- Ploughshares into swords -- The genie unleashed -- The zone of illusion -- A world trisected -- About peace-forms -- The next peace-form -- The twenty-first century global system.