and terrorism

  women in

  Israel

  and nuclear capability

  and Palestine

  and peace with Egypt

  and Six-Day War

  and terrorism

  Israelites, ancient

  Italy

  fascism in

  homicides in

  militant nationalism in

  terrorism in

  torture in

  unification

  violence in

  Jackson, Andrew

  Jack the Ripper

  Jacobi, Friedrich

  Jagger, Mick

  Jamaica

  James, William

  James II, king of England

  Janis, Irving

  Japan

  as great power

  historical amnesia in

  human sacrifice in

  kamikaze pilots

  militant nationalism in

  and nuclear power

  and terrorism

  and world wars

  Japanese Americans, in World War II

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jefferson Airplane

  Jerome, Saint

  Jervis, Robert

  Jesus

  acceptance as savior

  crucifixion of

  Jews:

  anti-Semitism

  dietary laws of

  and Holocaust, see Holocaust

  legal equality granted to

  massacres of

  as moneylenders

  and Pale of Settlement

  see also Bible, Old Testament; Israelites, ancient

  Jivaro people

  Joe the Plumber

  Johnson, Dominic

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  Johnson, Michael

  Johnson, Mordecai

  Johnson, Neil

  Johnson, Samuel

  Jonassohn, Kurt

  Jones, Garrett

  Jones, Lisa

  Jones, Tom

  Jordan

  Jordan, Michael

  Joshua

  Josiah, King

  Julius Caesar

  Jung Chang

  just deserts

  justice system

  and conflict reduction

  and control of violence

  coroner

  and deterrence

  and divorce

  and domestic violence outside U.S.

  goal of

  and homicide rates

  and homosexuality

  incarceration rate

  and infanticide

  mandatory sentencing laws

  in 1960s

  and rape charges

  restorative

  self-help (vigilantism)

  and social class

  and women as property

  see also Leviathan

  Kaeuper, Richard, Lancelot

  Kagan, Robert

  Kahn, Herman

  Kahneman, Daniel

  Kali (Hindu goddess)

  Kanazawa, Satoshi

  Kant, Immanuel

  on Categorical Imperative

  on free trade

  on morality

  “Perpetual Peace,”

  Kantian Peace; see also Democratic Peace theory; Liberal Peace

  Karsten, Rafael

  Kaysen, Carl

  Keaton, Diane

  Keegan, John

  Keeley, Lawrence

  keelhauling

  Keen, Suzanne

  Keillor, Garrison

  Kelling, George

  Kelman, Herbert

  Kennedy, Anthony M.

  Kennedy, David

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kennedy, Robert F.

  Kennewick Man

  Kenrick, Douglas

  Kenya

  Kerry, John

  Khameini, Ayatollah Ali

  Khond people

  Khrushchev, Nikita

  Kiernan, Ben

  killing:

  face-to-face

  serial

  spree

  see also homicide rates

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  King, Martin Luther

  King, Rodney

  King of Hearts (film)

  kin selection; see also nepotistic altruism

  kinship

  and blood feuds

  and dynasties

  and homicides

  and nepotism

  in tribes

  Kinsley, Michael

  Kinzler, Katherine

  Kirby, Kris

  Kissinger, Henry A.

  Knauft, Bruce

  knights

  control of

  depictions of daily life

  turf battles among

  knives, etiquette of

  Koechlin, Etienne

  Koestler, Arthur

  Kohlberg, Lawrence

  Korean War

  Kosovo

  Krebs, Dennis

  Krishna

  Krystal, Arthur

  Kubrick, Stanley

  Ku Klux Klan

  !Kung San people

  Kurzban, Robert

  Kuwabara, Ko

  Kuwait, Iraqi invasion of

  Lacina, Bethany

  Lafree, Gary

  LaGuardia, Fiorello

  Laibson, David

  Laitin, David

  Lake Wobegon Effect

  Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste de

  Lambert, Wallace

  Lamm, Claus

  language:

  common, and war

  euphemism

  gender in

  informalization in 1960s

  metaphors

  in Middle Ages

  and possession of a soul

  of self-control

  translations

  word frequencies in

  Lansing, Robert

  Lanzetta, John

  Laporte, Pierre

  Latané, Bibb

  Latin America:

  crime in

  revolutions in

  terrorists in

  wars in

  Laub, John

  law:

  acceptance of legitimacy of

  against slavery

  bankruptcy

  bright lines in

  Broken Windows theory

  changing public view of

  commercial

  courts, see justice system

  international

  and moral agitation

  and morality

  in 1960s

  police

  possession in

  Roman

  rule of

  Sharia

  social conservative view of

  of torture

  in violence triangle

  see also justice system

  Law & Order (TV)

  Lawrence, D. H.

  Lawrence, Saint

  Lea, Rod

  leaders:

  complexity of speeches

  intelligence of

  motives of

  narcissism of

  openness to experience in

  overconfidence in

  selection of

  women

  see also autocracy; democracy; despotism; monarchy

  League of Nations

  Leary, Timothy

  LeBlanc, Steven

  Lebow, Richard Ned

  Lee, Harper

  Lehrer, Tom

  Lemkin, Raphael

  Lennon, John

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Leopold, king of Belgium

  Levi, Michael

  Levi, Primo

  Levi, Werner, The Coming End of War

  Leviathan:

  aggression curbed by

  and commerce

  emergence of

  and human nature

  international

  introduction of concept

  legitimate use of force by

  monarchies

  and Pacifist’s Dilemma

  in violence triangle

&
nbsp; see also anarchy; government; states

  Levin, Jack

  Levitt, Steven

  Levy, Jack

  Lewis, Bernard

  liberal democracy

  liberalism:

  classical

  and conservatism

  and gentle commerce

  and intelligence

  and morality

  and nationalism

  and Rights Revolutions

  use of term

  Liberal Peace

  Liberia, civil war in

  libertarianism

  Liebenberg, Louis

  life history theory

  lightning strikes

  limbic system

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lindow Man

  literacy

  Lithgow, William

  Li Zhisui

  Lloyd George, David

  Locke, John

  Some Thoughts Concerning Education

  Two Treatises on Government

  Lodge, David

  Loewenstein, George

  London Blitz

  Long, William

  Long Peace

  chemical weapons

  democratic peace

  disarmament

  great power wars

  and Humanitarian Revolution

  introduction of concept

  Kantian Peace

  Liberal Peace

  nuclear peace

  numbers related to

  violence in 20th century

  Lorenz, Konrad

  loss aversion

  Lott, Trent

  Luard, Evan

  Luria, Alexander

  Luther, Martin

  macabre voyeurism

  Macaulay, Thomas

  McCauley, Clark

  McClure, Samuel

  McCormack, Mary Ellen

  McCullough, Michael

  MacDonald, Heather

  Mack, Andrew

  McKinley, William

  McLuhan, Marshall

  McNamara, Robert S.

  McVeigh, Timothy

  Macy, Michael

  Madison, James

  Maine, Henry

  Malawi

  Malaysia

  males, see men; young men

  Malleus Maleficarum

  Malloy, Desmond

  Malthus, Thomas

  Manchester, William

  Mandela, Nelson

  Mann, Thomas

  manners, see etiquette

  Mannix, Daniel

  Manson, Charles

  MAO-A

  Maori people

  Mao Zedong

  Mar, Raymond

  Marcuse, Herbert

  mariticide

  marriage

  and counterculture

  and divorce

  and male domestication

  rape in

  violence in

  martial culture and values

  martyrdom; see also suicide terrorism

  Marx, Karl

  Marx Brothers

  Marxism

  Mary, queen of England

  Maryland, homicides in

  Mary Queen of Scots

  Masai people

  M*A*S*H (TV)

  masochism

  Mather, Cotton

  Mather, Increase

  matrilocal societies

  Matthew Effect

  Mattingly, Garrett

  Maupassant, Guy de

  Mauritania, slavery abolished in

  Mbuti people

  Mead, Margaret

  media:

  and animal rights

  antiwar views in

  and counterculture

  influence of

  and information

  pessimism in

  political ads in

  and popular culture

  and racism

  rape depicted in

  rock music

  and terrorism

  totalitarian control of

  transistor radios

  violent images in

  medical care

  Medieval Housebook, The

  Medin, Douglas

  Medvedev, Dmitry

  Meeropol, Abel

  Melville, Herman

  men:

  alpha males

  “cads vs. dads,”

  and domestic violence

  fatherless children

  and feminism

  and MAO-A

  and monogamy

  and racism

  and rape

  serial killers

  and sexual sadism

  and testosterone

  young, see young men

  Menelaus, King

  Menschenfreund, Yaki

  mentalizing; see also empathy; theory of mind

  Mercier, Charles

  Mesoamerican civilizations

  Metcalfe, Janet

  Mexico

  Michel, Jean-Baptiste

  Middle Ages:

  children punished in

  economic revolution in

  Elias on

  etiquette books

  homicides in

  infanticide in

  justice systems in

  knights in

  sexuality in