What do we know about war?

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Other Authors: Vasquez, John A. 1 945- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2012
Edition:Second edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Factors that bring about war
  • Territory: geography, contentious issues, and world politics / Paul R. Hensel
  • Alliances : path to peace or path to war? / Choong-Nam Kang
  • Alliances : atop data and deterrence / Brett V. Benson
  • Becoming rivals : the process of rivalry development / Brandon Valeriano
  • The rivalry process : how rivalries are sustained and terminated / Paul F. Diehl and Gary Goertz
  • Arms races : a cause or a symptom? / Susan G. Sample
  • Nuclear weapons and war / Daniel S. Geller
  • Factors that promote peace
  • Norms and the democratic peace / Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
  • A market-capitalist or a democratic peace? / Michael Mousseau
  • The implications of a territorial peace / Douglas M. Gibler
  • Reflections and conclusions on the scientific study of peace and war
  • War-making and state-making : how and where does it fit into a bigger picture? / Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson
  • Future directions in the scientific study of peace and war / Peter Wallensteen
  • Normal science and open questions : reflections on the study of peace and war, 2001-2011 / Zeev Maoz
  • The "paths to war" concept / Jack S. Levy
  • Peace science as normal science : what role for geography in the coming revolution? / Colin Flint
  • What do we know about war? / John A. Vasquez.