"A systematic effort by leading international scholars to map the trends in major-power warfare and to explore whether it is waxing or waning ... While there is some convergence in the conclusions reached by individual authors in this volume, they are by no means unanimous about the trend. The essays presented here explore different causes and correlates of the declining trend in major-power warfare, including the impact of the international structure, nuclear weapons, international law, multilateral institutions, sovereignty and value changes."--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-332) and indexes.
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Contents
Introduction: contending views / Raimo Väyrynen -- The life and death of a long peace, 1763-1914 / Paul W. Schroeder -- Accounting for the waning of major war / John Mueller -- Trends in major war: too early for waning? / Peter Wallensteen -- The waning of major war / Martin van Creveld -- The risk of nuclear war does not belong to history / T.V. Paul -- The decline of interstate war: pondering systemic explanations / Kalevi J. Holsti -- Multilateral institutions as restraints on major war / Patrick M. Morgan -- Normative transformations in international relations and the waning of major war / Hendrik Spruyt -- The democratic peace and civil society as constraints on major power warfare / William R. Thompson -- Capitalism, war, and peace: virtual or vicious circles / Raimo Vãyrynen -- The changing probability of iInterstate war, 1816-1992 / Marie T. Henehen and John Vasquez -- Conclusion / Raimo Vãyrynen.