Research Catalog

Title

World polity : conflict and war : history, causes, consequences, cures / by James P. Speer.

Author

Speer, James P., 1917-

Publication

Fort Bragg, Calif. : Q.E.D. Press, [1986]

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Details

Description

323 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• International relations
• International organization
• international relations
• Internationale orde
• Vredesvraagstuk

Note

• "February 1986."
• Includes bibliographies and index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- I. WHAT HAS HAPPENED -- A Summary of International History -- II. WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED? -- Because War Is Inherent in Human Nature? -- Man as Sinful -- Man as Aggressive -- Man as Greedy and Selfish -- Man the Glory-Seeker and the Bored -- Man as Stupid, Ignorant, Irrational, and Stubborn -- Man as Nationalist and True Believer -- Man as Fearful -- Because Nations Are Different from Each Other? -- Bad Nations -- Differences in the Natures of Nations -- Regional Cultures as Determinants of International Cooperation -- A Universal Culture? -- Because Anarchy Is Inherent in Any System of Independent Nations? -- Anarchy and the Enlightenment -- Anarchy in 19th Century Thought -- The Formal-Legalists -- Anarchy and the Realists -- The Behavioralists -- The Positivists -- The Neo-Realists -- Why War? -- Anarchy and Fear -- Anarchy's Criticism of the Other Two Hypotheses -- A General Theory of War -- Civil Radicalization -- A Way of Looking at the World International System -- Correlation of Explanation with Historical Generalizations -- Old Cures for War -- And That Explains Why Foreign Policy Is a Mess? -- The Rational Approach to Foreign Policy -- Rationality of Post-World War II Foreign Policies -- Application of Our Explanatory Theory to Post-World War II Foreign Policies -- Untried Cures for War -- III. SO WHAT OF THE FUTURE? -- What Will Happen If Things Go Along As They Are? -- Introduction -- The Things That Will Determine Anarchy's Future Intensities -- Future Intensities of Ideological Competition and Aggression -- World War III? -- Two Proven but Untried Cures -- If We Don't Want That to Happen, What Can Be Done? -- Introduction -- The Clark-Sohn Proposals -- Public Support for a World Government Able to Prevent War -- A World Government for Biological Survival -- The Likelihood of Civil War -- The Theory of Federal Government -- But Can We Get a World Government?

ISBN

• 0936609001
• 9780936609003

LCCN

85030056

OCLC

• ocm12971386
• 12971386
• SCSB-1179775

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library