| | Prologue | p. 1 |
| | You Have Brought Me into Hell! | p. 11 |
| | The Rights of Humanity | p. 13 |
| | Washington and the Moral Logic of War | |
| | Jefferson's Savage Enlightenment | |
| | Franklin and the Mythology of the Revolution | |
| | The Rules of Civilized Warfare | p. 49 |
| | The Art of Neutrality | |
| | A Path to War | |
| | American War, American Slavery | |
| | A False Feeling of Mercy | p. 79 |
| | Lawyers, Soldiers, and Seamen | |
| | The God of Scalps | |
| | Andrew Jackson and the Militia Tradition | |
| | Rules of Wrong | p. 109 |
| | Canada | |
| | Mexico | |
| | Paris | |
| | A Few Things Barbarous or Cruel | p. 139 |
| | We Don't Practise the Law of Nations | p. 141 |
| | A Strange Inconsistency | |
| | Dog Eat Dog | |
| | Hero of the Hour | |
| | Blood Is the Rich Dew of History | p. 170 |
| | Would to God, I, Too, Could Act! | |
| | Clausewitz in New York | |
| | Guerrillas in Missouri | |
| | Act of Justice | p. 197 |
| | Worse Than Savages | |
| | The Highest Principles Known to Christian Civilization | |
| | Abstain from All Violence | |
| | To Save the Country | p. 220 |
| | Simply as Men | |
| | Responsible to God | |
| | No Distinction of Color | |
| | Smashing Things to the Sea | p. 250 |
| | A Most Solemn Obligation | |
| | Holt's Bright Young Men | |
| | Which Party Can Whip | |
| | Soldiers and Gentlemen | p. 285 |
| | To Assassinate Everybody | |
| | A Citizen of Indiana | |
| | Combatants in Open War | |
| | The Howling Desert | p. 325 |
| | Glenn's Brigade | p. 327 |
| | Stay the Hand of Retribution | |
| | The House in the Wood | |
| | To the Philippines and Back Again | |
| | Epilogue | p. 366 |
| | Appendix: Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field | p. 375 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 395 |
| | Abbreviations Used in the Notes | p. 399 |
| | Notes | p. 401 |
| | Illustration Credits | p. 471 |
| | Index | p. 475 |