| Introduction | p. xiii | |
| Prehistory | p. 3 | |
| Leviathan | p. 25 | |
| Plague | p. 48 | |
| The Golden Bough | p. 69 | |
| Greater Liberia | p. 88 | |
| Falling Apart | p. 111 | |
| Where Peacocks Roam | p. 125 | |
| Castles in the Sand | p. 150 | |
| Tough Love | p. 170 | |
| Long Knives | p. 189 | |
| Le Roi Est Mort (Long Live the King) | p. 229 | |
| Notes | p. 259 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 265 | |
| Index | p. 267 |