John Vasquez

The War Puzzle Revisited

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A scientific explanation of the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 957g
• ISBN-13: 9780521881791
• ISBN-10: 052188179X
• Artikelnr.: 26526177

Autorenporträt

John A. Vasquez is Thomas B. Mackie Scholar in International Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

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.