What do we know about war ?
By: edited by John A. Vasquez
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781442212633; 9781442212640; 9781442212657
Subjects: Peace-building; Peace; War; Causes
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Factors that bring about war; title: Territory: geography, contentious issues, and world politics / Paul R. Hensel; title: Alliances : path to peace or path to war? / Choong-Nam Kang; title: Alliances : atop data and deterrence / Brett V. Benson; title: Becoming rivals : the process of rivalry development / Brandon Valeriano; title: The rivalry process : how rivalries are sustained and terminated / Paul F. Diehl and Gary Goertz; title: Arms races : a cause or a symptom? / Susan G. Sample; title: Nuclear weapons and war / Daniel S. Geller; title: Factors that promote peace; title: Norms and the democratic peace / Sara McLaughlin Mitchell; title: A market-capitalist or a democratic peace? / Michael Mousseau; title: The implications of a territorial peace / Douglas M. Gibler; title: Reflections and conclusions on the scientific study of peace and war; title: War-making and state-making : how and where does it fit into a bigger picture? / Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson; title: Future directions in the scientific study of peace and war / Peter Wallensteen; title: Normal science and open questions : reflections on the study of peace and war, 2001-2011 / Zeev Maoz; title: The "paths to war" concept / Jack S. Levy; title: Peace science as normal science : what role for geography in the coming revolution? / Colin Flint; title: What do we know about war? / John A. Vasquez.