ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsA Note about the Online AppendixIntroduction: Time to Talk1. A Theory of Wartime Negotiations2. Quantifying Two Centuries of War3. Fighting to Talk4. Talking to Fight5. Fighting Words in the First Arab-Israeli War6. The “Talking War” in KoreaConclusion: Time to Stop TalkingNotesReferencesIndex