Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / Richard Ned Lebow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lebow, Richard Ned.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Causes.

War.

Physical Description:

xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521192835

0521192838

OCLC:

528665854