Pt. 1. Studying War. 1. Preparations. 2. The Waorani War Complex. 3. The Fieldwork -- Pt. 2. The Contexts of War. 4. The Material Context: Environment and Technology. 5. The Historical Context. 6. The Social/Cultural Context. 7. The Individual/Psychological Context. 8. Waorani Warfare in Context -- Pt. 3. Contexts Revised. 9. The Renunciation of Violence. 10. Action in a New World: Ethnogenesis and the Return of Violence