Causes of War

(Part of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series)

by Stephen Van Evera

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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: 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.

According to Van Evera, all but one of these conditions--false...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:080148295X

ISBN13:9780801482953

Release Date:March 2001

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

History Military National & International Security Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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