The Scientific Study of Peace and War
A Text Reader
Published on 28. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-7391-0072-1 (ISBN)
Description
This widely used and acclaimed text reader brings together some of the best work on the onset of war, the expansion of war, the conditions of peace, and the termination and impact of war. Editorial commentary on the major findings and the statistical analysis used in each study teaches students how to read the article so that they can become literate in social science methods. A learning package in the appendix provides a programmed text to teach students how to interpret tables, read basic statistics, and conduct elementary data analysis. Correlates of War data on European countries is provided, and a methodological table of contents allows instructors to assign articles from the easiest (simple percentages) to the most advanced (time series and formal modeling).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
823 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-0072-1 (9780739100721)
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Persons
John A. Vasquez is Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of The War Puzzle and The Power of Power Politics, coauthor (with Richard Mansbach) of In Search of Theory, and editor of Classics of International Relations.Marie T. Henehan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Foreign Policy and Congress: An International Relations Perspective.
Content
chapter 1 Facets in the Onset of War:Alliance Formation and War Behavior
chapter 2 Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820-1965
chapter 3 Armaments and Escalation
chapter 4 Arms Races and Escalation
chapter 5 When Will They Ever Learn? Coercive Bargaining in Recurrent Crises
chapter 6 Excerpts from The War Trap
chapter 7 The Expansion of War:Alliances and the Expansion of War
chapter 8 Bipolarity and War
chapter 9 Preventing Systemic War
chapter 10 Peace and the Global Institutional Context:Universalism vs. Particularism
chapter 11 The Termination and Impact of War:War Power and the Willingness to Suffer
chapter 12 The Costs of Major Wars
chapter 13 War Making and State Making
chapter 14 Conclusion:The Steps to War
chapter 15 Appendix: Applying Scientific Method to the Study of War:The Scientific Study of War
chapter 16 Bibliographical Essay
chapter 17 References
chapter 18 Index
chapter 2 Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820-1965
chapter 3 Armaments and Escalation
chapter 4 Arms Races and Escalation
chapter 5 When Will They Ever Learn? Coercive Bargaining in Recurrent Crises
chapter 6 Excerpts from The War Trap
chapter 7 The Expansion of War:Alliances and the Expansion of War
chapter 8 Bipolarity and War
chapter 9 Preventing Systemic War
chapter 10 Peace and the Global Institutional Context:Universalism vs. Particularism
chapter 11 The Termination and Impact of War:War Power and the Willingness to Suffer
chapter 12 The Costs of Major Wars
chapter 13 War Making and State Making
chapter 14 Conclusion:The Steps to War
chapter 15 Appendix: Applying Scientific Method to the Study of War:The Scientific Study of War
chapter 16 Bibliographical Essay
chapter 17 References
chapter 18 Index