Causes of War : : Power and the Roots of Conflict /

Causes of War : : Power and the Roots of Conflict / / Stephen Van Evera.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Van Evera, Stephen,
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 (288 p.) :; 4 tables, 4 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Diagrams
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. False Optimism: illusions of the Coming War
  • 3. Jumping the Gun: First-Move Advantages and Crisis Instability
  • 4. Power Shifts: Windows of Opportunity and Vulnerability
  • 5. Cumulative Resources
  • 6. Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma
  • 7. Offense-Defense Theory and the Outbreak of World War I
  • 8. The Nuclear Revolution and the Causes of War
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Hypotheses on Power and the Causes of War
  • Index

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