Introduction: To the Heart of the Matter PART I. COLLISION 1. Kalahari Rivals 2. Crossing the Threshold 3. Intransigent Eve 4. The Desiccation of Eden 5. Besieged and Besieger PART II. ADAPTATION 6. The Rule of Water 7. Dispersal 8. Forage or Farm? 9. Quest for Meat 10. Survival of the Driest PART III. COMPETITION 11. Water for Elephants 12. The Paradox of Bling PART IV. EVAPORATION 13. The Reckoning PART V. NEGOTIATION 14. Haggling Over the Source of All Life 15. Human Rights, Water Wrongs PART VI. CONFRONTATION 16. Primal Instincts and the Realpolitik of Water 17. Intimations of Genocide 18. Escalation of Terrorist Activity PART VII. ELIMINATION 19. An Open Heart 20. Release PART VIII. RESOLUTION 21. The Verdict 22. The End of the Beginning Epilogue: What Would Bushmen Do? NOTES Acknowledgements
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