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Why nations fight : past and future motives for war /
"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 w...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | http://books.google.co.in/books?id=89VPr0EZH30C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Why+nations+fight&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w_vpUrDaFMTnrAfWxYDQAQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Why%20nations%20fight&f=false |
| 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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| Physical Description: | xii, 295 p. : ill. ; |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780521170451 |