The Origins of Major War /

The Origins of Major War / / Dale C. Copeland.

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One of the most important questions of human existence is what drives nations to war-especially massive, system-threatening war. Much military history focuses on the who, when, and where of war. In this riveting book, Dale C. Copeland brings attention to bear on why governments make decisions that l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Copeland, Dale C.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 6 line drawings, 4 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Rethinking Realist Theories of Major War
  • 2. Foreign Policy Choices and the Probability of Major War
  • 3. German Security and the Preparation for World War I
  • 4. The July Crisis and the Outbreak of World War I
  • 5. The Rise of Russia and the Outbreak of World War II
  • 6. Bipolarity, Shifting Power, and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950
  • 7. The Berlin and Cuban Missile Crises
  • 8. Major War from Pericles to Napoleon
  • 9. The Implications of the Argument
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index

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