This issue of LAJ consists of five articles: Grapes of wrath: why do we war? by Patrick Stanton; A Portrait of anthropology as a young discipline by Mark Heine; Unspoken assumptions: A cross-cultural examination of sexual ambiguity by Matthew P. Robinson; Race: the prejudicial fallacy by Deborah L. Wong; Behind bars: an investigation of bartenders in Missouri-St.Louis by Donna White and book reviews.