The war puzzle revisited

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The war puzzle revisited

John A. Vasquez

(Cambridge studies in international relations, 110)

Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-462) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

John A. Vasquez's The War Puzzle provided one of the most important scientific analyses of the causes of war of the last two decades. The War Puzzle Revisited updates and extends his groundbreaking work, reviewing research on the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace. Vasquez describes systematically those factors associated with wars to see if there is a pattern that suggests why war occurs, and how it might be avoided, delineating the typical path by which relatively equal states have become embroiled in wars in the modern global system. The book uses the large number of empirical findings generated s the basis of its theorizing, and integrates these research findings so as to advance the scientific knowledge of war and peace.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Part I. Preliminaries: Introduction
  • 1. Conceptualizing war
  • 2. Types of war
  • 3. Power politics and war
  • Retrospective commentary on Part I
  • Part II. The Onset and Expansion of Wars of Rivalry: 4. Territorial contiguity as a source of conflict leading to war
  • 5. The realist road to war
  • 6. The domestic prerequisites of wars of rivalry
  • 7. Explaining World War: its scope, severity and duration
  • 8. Peace
  • 9. Conclusion: solving the puzzle of war
  • Retrospective commentary on Part II
  • Part III. Findings on the Steps to War, 1994-2008: 10. Research findings on territory, war and peace
  • 11. Research findings on power politics and war
  • Appendix I. Propositional summary
  • Appendix II. Major findings on the steps to war.

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  • NCID
    BA91206760
  • ISBN
    • 9780521881791
    • 9780521708234
  • LCCN
    2009016994
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, U.K.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 477 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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