Why nations fight : past and future motives for war /
Lebow, Richard Ned,
Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / cover title : past and future motives for war. Richard Ned Lebow. - xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references : (p. 248-287) and index.
'Four generic motives have historically led states to initiate war: fear, interest, standing and revenge. Using an original dataset, Richard Ned Lebow examines the distribution of wars across three and a half centuries and argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, only a minority of these were motivated by security or material interest. Instead, the majority are the result of a quest for standing, and for revenge - an attempt to get even with states who had previously made successful territorial grabs'--Provided by publisher.
9780521192835 RM482.46 0521192838 9780521170451
War--Causes.
Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / cover title : past and future motives for war. Richard Ned Lebow. - xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references : (p. 248-287) and index.
'Four generic motives have historically led states to initiate war: fear, interest, standing and revenge. Using an original dataset, Richard Ned Lebow examines the distribution of wars across three and a half centuries and argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, only a minority of these were motivated by security or material interest. Instead, the majority are the result of a quest for standing, and for revenge - an attempt to get even with states who had previously made successful territorial grabs'--Provided by publisher.
9780521192835 RM482.46 0521192838 9780521170451
War--Causes.