Why Nations Fight : past and future motives for war / Richard Ned Lebow
Material type: TextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New DelhiPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: xii, 295p. 24cmISBN: 9780521170451Subject(s): Social Science | Public administration & military science | Military science | War -- Causes | uerre - théorieDDC classification: 355.027 LEBItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Part I. Introduction. 1. Introduction; 2. Theories of war --
Part II. War in the Past. 3. Theory and propositions --
4. Data set and findings --
Part III. War in the Future. 5. Interest and security --
6. Standing and revenge --
Part IV. Conclusion.
"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"--Provided by publisher
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