Causes of War - Power and the Roots of Conflict

Klappentext "What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? A prominent political scientist here addresses these questions, offering ideas that will be widely debated. Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war, a first-strike advantage, fluctuation in the relative power of states, circumstances that allow nations to parlay one conquest into another, and circumstances that make conquest easy. Zusammenfassung What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? In this book, Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Van Evera, Stephen van van Evera, Stephen Van Evera
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2001
• EAN: 9780801482953
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8295-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af; Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education