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What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? The author of this volume frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war; 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. Van Evera argues that all but one of these conditions - false optimism - rarely occur today, but policy-makers often erroneously believe in their existence. He demonstrates 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 each of the five hypotheses to its potential onset. The book demonstrates how ideas from the Realist paradigm can offer strong explanations for international conflict and valuable prescriptions for its control.

Author Biography:

Stephen Van Evera is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Associate Director of the MIT Center for International Studies. His other works include Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, also from Cornell.
Release date NZ
June 24th, 1999
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
8 charts
Pages
288
Dimensions
155x235x24
ISBN-13
9780801432019
Product ID
29059166

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