Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) - Tapa dura

Van Evera, Stephen

 
9780801432019: Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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ISBN 10: 0801432014 ISBN 13: 9780801432019
Editorial: Cornell University Press, 1999

Sinopsis

What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? In this book, Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war, a first-strike advantage, fluctuation in the relative power of states, circumstances that allow nations to parlay one conquest into another, and circumstances that make conquest easy.

According to Van Evera, all but one of these conditions―false optimism―rarely occur today, but policymakers often erroneously believe in their existence. He argues that these misperceptions are responsible for many modern wars, and explores both World Wars, the Korean War, and the 1967 Mideast War as test cases. Finally, he assesses the possibility of nuclear war by applying all five hypotheses to its potential onset. Van Evera's book demonstrates that ideas from the Realist paradigm can offer strong explanations for international conflict and valuable prescriptions for its control.

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Acerca del autor

Stephen Van Evera is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Associate Director of the MIT Center for International Studies. His other works include Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, also from Cornell.

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Editorial
Cornell University Press
Año de publicación
1999
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0801432014
ISBN 13 
9780801432019
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Número de páginas
288
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9780801482953: Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

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ISBN 10:  080148295X ISBN 13:  9780801482953
Editorial: Cornell University Press, 2001
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