CiNii Books - Handbook of war studies

This collection presents theories on the causes of war and the strengths and weaknesses of the various theories in the context of how they singularly and dually explain "cause and effect". Almost all of the chapters are concerned with scientific empirically based studies of war. The organization of the book is based on the question of an appropriate choice of a level of analysis for the study of war. The various contributions fall into three areas, the first of which is structure based research, the second minimally dyadic and the final section state centered.

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Part 1 Structure-based theories of war: system structure, decision processes and the incidence of international war, J.David Singer
long cycles and global war, George Modelski and William R.Thompson
hierarchial equilibria and the longrun instability of multipolar systems, Manus I.Midlarsky
power cycle theory of systems structure and stability - communalities and complementarities, Charles F.Doran
the logic and study of the diffusion of international conflict, Benjamin A.Most, et al. Part 2 Minimally dyadic theories of war: the contribution of expected utility theory to the study of international conflict, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
the power transition - retrospective and prospective evaluation, Jacek Kugler and A.F.K.Organski
arms races, the conflict spiral and the onset of war, Randolph M.Silverson and Paul F.Diehl
Richardsonian arms race models, Michael D.Intriligator and Dagobert L.Brito. Part 3 State-centered theories of war: public opinion and national security policy - relationships and impacts, Bruce Russett and Thomas W. Graham
the diversionary theory of war - a critique, Jack S. Levy
lateral pressure in international relations - concept and theory, Nazli Choucri and Robert C.North.

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