Since the development of the modern state system in Europe four centuries ago, there have been ten general wars involving a majority of the major powers and a high level of casualties. Another major war is difficult to conceive of, since it would presumably be the last such conflict, and yet it is not an impossibility. In this volume a distinguished group of political scientists and historians examine the origins of major wars and discuss the problems in preventing a nuclear war.
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This analysis of the origins of major wars, since the development of the modern state system in Europe centuries ago, also considers the problems involved in preventing a contemporary nuclear war.
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In the introduction to his history of the great war between the Spartans and the Athenians, Thucydides wrote that he was addressing "those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it. . . . Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ghazi warfare, hegemonic war, scapegoat hypothesis, descriptive fit, economic attrition, timar holders, expected utility approach, expected utility theory, air strategy, attrition strategy, neorealist theory, economic weapon, continental commitment, partial mobilization, power theorists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Pearl Harbor, Soviet Union, Bueno de Mesquita, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, Far East, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Liaison Conference, Neville Chamberlain, Peloponnesian War, Bethmann Hollweg, Dutch East Indies, Franz Joseph, Robert Jervis, New Haven, Southeast Asia, Cold War, Franz Ferdinand, Imperial Navy, Japan's Decision, Triple Entente, Foreign Office, Journal of Modern History New!
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In the introduction to his history of the great war between the Spartans and the Athenians, Thucydides wrote that he was addressing "those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it. . . . Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ghazi warfare, hegemonic war, scapegoat hypothesis, descriptive fit, economic attrition, timar holders, expected utility approach, expected utility theory, air strategy, attrition strategy, neorealist theory, economic weapon, continental commitment, partial mobilization, power theorists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Pearl Harbor, Soviet Union, Bueno de Mesquita, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, Far East, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Liaison Conference, Neville Chamberlain, Peloponnesian War, Bethmann Hollweg, Dutch East Indies, Franz Joseph, Robert Jervis, New Haven, Southeast Asia, Cold War, Franz Ferdinand, Imperial Navy, Japan's Decision, Triple Entente, Foreign Office, Journal of Modern History New!
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- The Causes of War by Geoffrey Blainey on 10 pages
- The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides on 7 pages
- Psychology and Deterrence (Perspectives on Security) by Robert Jervis on 7 pages
- The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (European History in Perspective) by Colin Imber on 5 pages
- The Life of Neville Chamberlain by Keith Feiling on 5 pages
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- Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America by Miguel Angel Centeno on page 68, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- War and Punishment by H. E. Goemans in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- War, Peace and Victory: Strategy and Statecraft for the Next Century by Colin S. Gray in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Varieties Of Social Explanation: An Introduction To The Philosophy Of Social Science by Daniel Little in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- US-Israeli Relations at the Crossroads (Israeli History, Politics, and Society) by Gabriel Sheffer on page 105, and Back Matter
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