Why wars happen
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Why wars happen
New York University Press, 1998
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: London : Reaktion Books, 1998
Includes index
Bibliography: p. 243-263
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Addressing the question of what causes wars, this work spans more than five centuries and encompasses history, politics and international relations. Do wars reflect the bellicosity of particular societies and states, or do they arise largely as a result of the breakdown of diplomatic systems? How are the causes of war related to changes in the nature of warfare, of the international system, of the internal character of states? The author explores wars both deliberate and accidental, and analyzes the three main forms: war across cultures, war within cultures and civil war. He concludes by assessing the current state of warfare and speculates on where the world is heading in terms of future conflicts.
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