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Roots of war : wanting power, seeing threat, justifying force / David G. Winter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winter, David G., 1939- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--Causes.
- War.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Threats.
- War--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Roots of War presents systematic archival, experimental, and survey research on three psychological factors leading to war--desire for power, exaggerated perception of threat, and justification for force -- set in comparative historical accounts of the unexpected 1914 escalation to world war and the peacefully - resolved 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A tale of two crises
- Reasons, motives, and causes
- On power
- Power motivation in war and peace
- Perceiving and misperceiving power
- Justifying power and war
- Toward peace II : taming power drives
- Toward peace II : taming societies, perceptions, and justifications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-407) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199355587
- 0199355584
- OCLC:
- 991316961
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