Why nations fight
| Bezeichnung | Wert |
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| Titel |
Why nations fight
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| Untertitel |
past and future motives for war
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| Verfasserangabe |
Richard Ned Lebow
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| Medienart | |
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| Person | |
| Auflage |
1. publ.
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| Verlag | |
| Ort |
Cambridge [u.a.]
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| Jahr | |
| Umfang |
XII, 295 p.
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| ISBN13 |
978-0-521-17045-1
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| Fußnote |
Bibliography: p. 248-287. - Includes index.
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| Schlagwort | |
| Annotation |
Summary:
Four generic motives have historically led states to initiate war: fear, interest, standing and revenge. Using an original dataset, Richard Ned Lebow examines the distribution of wars across three and a half centuries and argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, only a minority of these were motivated by security or material interest. Instead, the majority are the result of a quest for standing, and for revenge - an attempt to get even with states who had previously made successful territorial grabs. Lebow maintains that today none of these motives are effectively served by war - it is increasingly counterproductive - and that there is growing recognition of this political reality. His analysis allows for more fine-grained and persuasive forecasts about the future of war as well as highlighting areas of uncertainty. Table of Contents: Terms of Use List of figuresp. viii List of tablesp. ix Preface and acknowledgmentsp. xi Part IIntroductionp. 1 1 Introductionp. 3 2 Theories of warp. 23 Part IIWar in the pastp. 63 3 Theory and propositionsp. 65 4 Data set and findingsp. 97 Part IIIWar in the futurep. 129 5 Interest and securityp. 131 6 Standing and revengep. 171 Part IVConclusionp. 195 7 Conclusionp. 197 Appendix: Data setp. 227 Bibliographyp. 248 Indexp. 288 |
| Altersbeschränkung |
0
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| Illustrationsangaben |
graph. Darst.
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