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Kenneth N Waltz

Man, the state, and war : a theoretical analysis /Kenneth N Waltz - New York : Columbia University Press , ©2001. - xvi, 263 pages ;22 cm.

1. Introduction --
2. The first image : international conflict and human behavior --
3. Some implications of the first image : the behavioral sciences and the reduction of interstate violence --
4. The second image : international conflict and the internal structure of states --
5. Some implications of the second image : international socialism and the coming of the First World War --
6. The third image : international conflict and international anarchy --
7. Some implications of the third image : examples from economics, politics, and history --
8. Conclusion.


What are the causes of war? Waltz probes the ideas that thinkers throughout the history of Western civilisation - including St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, & Spinoza - have offered to explain the reasons for men & related prescriptions for peace.

ISBN: 9780393004106

Publisher. No.: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)Ltd. ;7/22,Ansari Road,Daryaganj ,New Delhi-110002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social Sciences

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Anthropology--Sociology

Dewey Class. No.: 390.0723 POW