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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cornell Studies in Security AffairsPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) : 4 tables, 4 chartsContent type:
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  • 9780801467196
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.02/7 21
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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 allow nations to parlay one conquest into another, and circumstances that make conquest easy.According to Van Evera, all but one of these conditions—false optimism—rarely occur today, but policymakers often erroneously believe in their existence. He argues that these misperceptions are responsible for many modern wars, and explores both World Wars, the Korean War, and the 1967 Mideast War as test cases. Finally, he assesses the possibility of nuclear war by applying all five hypotheses to its potential onset. Van Evera's book demonstrates that ideas from the Realist paradigm can offer strong explanations for international conflict and valuable prescriptions for its control.
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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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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 allow nations to parlay one conquest into another, and circumstances that make conquest easy.According to Van Evera, all but one of these conditions—false optimism—rarely occur today, but policymakers often erroneously believe in their existence. He argues that these misperceptions are responsible for many modern wars, and explores both World Wars, the Korean War, and the 1967 Mideast War as test cases. Finally, he assesses the possibility of nuclear war by applying all five hypotheses to its potential onset. Van Evera's book demonstrates that ideas from the Realist paradigm can offer strong explanations for international conflict and valuable prescriptions for its control.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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