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Why nations fight : past and future motives for war
- Title
- Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / Richard Ned Lebow.
- Author
- Lebow, Richard Ned.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 295 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- 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"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- War > Causes
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 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: 7. Conclusion; Appendix: data set.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-6246
- ISBN
- 9780521192835 (hardback)
- 0521192838 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2010005504
- OCLC
- YBP 2010005504
- Author
- Lebow, Richard Ned.
- Title
- Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / Richard Ned Lebow.
- Imprint
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-6246