Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: The Good Coward -- 2. Aristodemus, or Cowardice Redeemed -- 3. Tim O'Brien and Laches -- 4. Courageous Disposition -- 5. Courage and Scarcity -- 6. "I Have a Wife and Pigs" -- 7. Shoot the Stragglers and the Problem of Retreat -- 8. Offense, Defense, and Rescue -- 9. Man the Chicken -- 10. Praised Be Rashness -- 11. Stupidity, Skill, and Shame -- 12. The Shape and Style of Courage -- 13. The Emotional Terrain: Fear, Hope, Despair -- 14. The Emotional Terrain: Disgust, Anger, Relief -- 15. Courage and Chastity -- 16. Moral Courage and Civility -- 17. Fixing to Die: A Valediction -- 18. Concluding Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.