Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / Richard Ned Lebow.

By:

Lebow, Richard Ned

Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xii, 295 p. : illISBN:

9780521170451

Subject(s):

War-Causes

DDC classification:

355.027 Q0

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Contents:

Theories of war -- Theory and propositions -- Data set and findings -- Interest and security -- Standing and revenge.

Summary: "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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-287) and index.

Theories of war -- Theory and propositions -- Data set and findings -- Interest and security -- Standing and revenge.

"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.

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