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100 1 $aVasquez, John A.,$d1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81031442
245 14 $aThe war puzzle /$cJohn A. Vasquez.
260 $aCambridge [England] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1993.
300 $axiii, 378 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aCambridge studies in international relations ;$v27
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 $a1. Conceptualizing War. Definition. Definition of war. The concept of war. Theoretical assumptions about war -- 2. Types of War. Is there a need for a typology of war? A typology of war. Conceptualizing rivalry. The domain of the analysis -- 3. Power Politics and War. Foreign policy and war. Power-based explanations of war. The role of capability in the onset of war -- 4. Territorial Contiguity as a Source of Conflict Leading to War. Sources of conflict leading to war. Interstate war and neighbors: an overlooked relationship. A territorial explanation of interstate war. Territory, politics, and violence -- 5. The Realist Road to War. Explaining war as a series of steps. The rise of security issues. Responding to security issues: alliances. Differences between the nineteenth and the twentieth century: alliances and arms races. Responding to security issues: arms races. Crisis escalation -- 6. The Domestic Prerequisites of Wars of Rivalry. Classifying domestic political actors.
505 0 $aDetermining the initial balance between hard-liners and accommodationists. Domestic reactions to the steps to war. War initiation. Domestic constraints on war -- 7. Explaining World War: Its Scope, Severity, and Duration. What are world wars? Factors promoting the expansion of war. The necessary conditions of world war. Duration -- 8. Peace. The nature of peace. Characteristics of peaceful periods. The relationship of peace to war -- 9. Conclusion: Solving the Puzzle of War. The onset of war. The expansion of war. Peace research and the cumulation of scientific knowledge.
520 $aThis book constructs a new scientific explanation of the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace. The author describes systematically those factors common to wars between equal states to see if there is a pattern that suggests why war occurs, and how it might be avoided or mitigated, delineating the typical path by which relatively equal states have become embroiled in wars with one another in the modern global system. Emphasis is placed on the issues that give rise to war and how the practices of power politics lead to a series of steps that produce war rather than peace. The book differs from others in that it employs the large number of empirical findings generated in the last twenty-five years as the basis of its theorizing, and integrates these research findings so as to advance dramatically the scientific knowledge of war and peace.
650 0 $aWar (Philosophy)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145144
830 0 $aCambridge studies in international relations ;$v27.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84736825
852 00 $boff,leh$hB105.W3$iV37 1993
852 00 $bmil$hB105.W3$iV37 1993
852 00 $bleh$hB105.W3$iV37 1993