What do we know about war?/ edited by John A. Vasquez - Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. - xvii, 420 p. ; 24 cm.

Part I Overview
1 The Etiology of Interstate War: A Natural History Approach
2 Who Fights Whom, When, Where, and Why?
3 Escalation and War in the Twentieth Century: Findings from the International Crisis Behavior Project

Part II Factors that Bring about War
4 Territory: Theory and Evidence on Geography and Conflict
5 Territory: Why are Territorial Disputes between States a Central Cause of International Conflict?
6 Alliances: The Street Gangs of World Politics-their Origins, Management, and Consequences, 1816-1986
7 Alliances: Why Some Cause War and Why Others Cause Peace
8 Military Buildups: Arming and War
9 Rivalries: the Conflict Process
10 Rivalries: Recurrent Disputes and Explaining War
11 Escalation: Crisis Behavior and War
12 Material Capabilities: Power and International Conflict

Part III Factors that Promote Peace
13 International Norms: Normative Orders and Peace
14 Democracy: On the Level (s), Does Democracy Correlate

Part IV Lessons and Conclusion
15 Reflections on the Scientific Study of War
16 Mature Theories, Second-Order Properties, and Other Matters
17 What Do We Know about War?

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