Introduction: Tearing off the cloak of invisibility
The roots of evil
The challenge of Ahimsa
The challenge comes west
Judaism crafts a compromise
Jesus vs. aristotle
Secular offerings to a savage God
A few rays of enlightenment
"Pain is pain"
"Harassing the lower orders"
The great meddler
The pit of despair
Requiem for a little brown dog
Ahimsa returns to the west
One step forward, twenty steps back
Heralds of change
The age of the pioneers
The sixties' last hurrah
Direct action : striking back on land and sea
Things fall apart
But the center takes hold
Conclusion: The dream and the work.