Causes of war : power and the roots of conflict

Causes of war : power and the roots of conflict / Stephen Van Evera.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Evera, Stephen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
War.
Balance of power.
International relations > Case studies.
89.76 polemology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Balance of power
International relations
War
Oorlog.
Oorzaken.
International relations.
War and peace research.
Immigration law.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • Questions Addressed, Why They Arise
  • Arguments Advanced, Answers Offered
  • Implications for Realism
  • Methods
  • Plan of the Book
  • False Optimism: Illusions of the Coming War
  • False Hope and War
  • Illusions of Victory
  • Illusions of Cheap War
  • To Prevent War, Promote Transparency
  • Jumping the Gun: First-Move Advantages and Crisis Instability
  • First-Strike, First-Mobilization, and First-Move Advantages
  • Hypotheses on the Effects of First-Move Advantages
  • Tests of Stability Theory
  • Causes of and Cures for First-Move Advantage
  • Power Shifts: Windows of Opportunity and Vulnerability
  • Types of Windows
  • Hypotheses on the Effects of Windows
  • Tests of Window Theory
  • Causes and Cures of Windows
  • Cumulative Resources
  • What Is Cumulativity?
  • Cumulativity and Conflict
  • Types of Cumulativity
  • Beliefs about Cumulativity and Their Implications
  • The Future of Cumulativity
  • Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma
  • Hypotheses on the Effects of Offense Dominance
  • Qualifications: When Offensive Doctrines and Capabilities Cause Peace
  • Causes of Offense and Defense Dominance
  • Predictions and Tests of Offense-Defense Theory
  • How Much History Can Offense-Defense Theory Explain?
  • Offense-Defense Theory in Perspective
  • Offense-Defense Theory and the Outbreak of World War I
  • The Rise of the Cult of the Offensive, 1890-1914
  • Predictions of Offense-Defense Theory about Europe, 1890-1914
  • Evidence on Offense-Defense Theory, 1890-1914
  • Offense-Defense Theory and the Test of 1914.

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