CONTENTS	vii
C.	THE  RECALCITRANCE  OF  HUMAN  AFFAIRS  TO
'LAWS OF NATURE'	.	.	.	.	.348
1. A SURVliY OF INSTANCES   ......     348
(a) THE VARIABILITY OF THE RATE OF CULTURAL CHANGE	,	.     348
 1.	The Hypothesis of Invariability and the Evidence against it	.    348
 2.	Instances of Acceleration        .            .            .            .	-355
 3.	Instances of Retardation         .	362
 4.	Instances of un Alternating Rate of Change     .            ,	-364
(6)  TUB DIVERSITY OF CORRESPONDING EPISODES  ZN TUB  HISTORIES OP
DXPFRRUNT CIVILIZATIONS	.....     374
i. A Diversity in the Duration of the Growth-Phases of Civilisations   374
a. A Diversity in the Relations of Religion to the Rises and Falls of
Civilizations in Different Generations	.	.	.376
XL POSSIBLK EXPLANATIONS OF THE INOPEKATIVKNKSS OF 'LAWS
OF NATUJRB* IN SOME PHASBS OF HUMAN AFFAIRS       .	.     377
D.	THE FREEDOM OF HUMAN SOULS THAT IS THE
LAW OF GOD	......    395
XIL THE PROSPECTS OF THE WESTERN CIVILI-
ZATION
A.	THE NEED FOR THIS INQUIRY	.	.	.406
B,	THE       INCONCLUSIVENESS       OF       A       PRIORI
ANSWERS      .......    419
I.	THE 1NCONCL.U81VBNBS8 OF STATISTICS ....     419
II.	TUB INCONCLUSIVBNBSB OF I'BBLINOS    .	.	.	•     4»*
C.	THE  TESTIMONY  OF  THE   HISTORIES   OF  THE
CIVILISATIONS    .	.	.	.	.	.441
I.	WESTERN MXPBR1BNCBS WITH NQN-WKHTI3RN PKUCBnUNTS	.     441
II.	UNPIUJCHOHNTIU) W8STBRN BXPBRIBNCB8	.	.	«     4<>5
D,	TECHNOLOGY, WAR, AND GOVERNMENT   .	,    473
I. TUB ORIGIN AND NATURE OF TUB PROBLEM          .	»	•	473
II* THB SITUATION AVTBR THE SECOND WORLD WAR	.	,	473
(«) A xmOQRBBSXVB CONCENTRATION OF POWItK .               .	.	«	473
(/;) A M8TAMQRM108IS OP TUB OtKOVMEtf£   .	479
(tf)   A TUAN8MIQRATION Ql* TUB MARTIAL Sl'IlUT                •	.	•	49O
The Crescendo and Diminuendo of Militarism in Western
Europe       ..,.»,,    490
The Significance of Hitler's Bid for World-Dominion .	,    500
Thu Temper genvrutttU by Militarization i« the Non-Weatttrn
'
503
The Temper in the Soviet Union and in the United States       .    516
The Psychological Consequences of Atomic Warfare    *	,5x8
HI* ALTERNATIVE P08BXBI*B APPROACHES TO WORbO ORPBU	.     S»4