What Do We Know about War?

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John A. Vasquez
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 16 mars 2012 - 410 pages
What Do We Know about War? reviews the research on causes of war and the conditions of peace over the past forty-five years. Leading scholars explore the critical roles of territorial disputes, alliances, arms races, rivalry, and nuclear weapons in bringing about war as well as the factors promoting peace, including democracy, norms, stable borders, and capitalist economies. Considering what has been learned about the causes of war and the conditions of peace in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, this invaluable text offers an accessible and up-to-date overview of current knowledge and an agenda for future research.

Contributions by: Brett V. Benson, Paul F. Diehl, Colin Flint, Daniel S. Geller, Douglas M. Gibler, Gary Goertz, Paul R. Hensel, Choong-Nam Kang, Jack S. Levy, Zeev Maoz, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Michael Mousseau, Karen Rasler, Susan G. Sample, William R. Thompson, Brandon Valeriano, John A. Vasquez, and Peter Wallensteen.
 

Table des matières

Geography Contentious Issues and World Politics
3
Path to Peace or Path to War?
27
ATOP Data and Deterrence
45
The Process of Rivalry Development
63
How Rivalries Are Sustained and Terminated
83
A Cause or a Symptom?
111
Chapter Seven Nuclear Weapons and War
139
Part II FACTORS THAT PROMOTE PEACE
165
How and Where Does It Fit into a Bigger Picture?
237
Chapter Twelve Future Directions in the Scientific Study of Peace and War
257
Reflections on the Study of Peace and War 20012011
271
Chapter Fourteen The PathstoWar Concept
281
What Role for Geography in the Coming Revolution?
291
Chapter Sixteen What Do We Know about War?
301
References
331
Names Index
369

Chapter Eight Norms and the Democratic Peace
167
Chapter Nine A MarketCapitalist or a Democratic Peace?
189
Chapter Ten The Implications of a Territorial Peace
211
Part III REFLECTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ON THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PEACE AND WAR
235
Subject Index
377
About the Contributors
387
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John A. Vasquez is Thomas B. Mackie Scholar in International Relations and professor of political science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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