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?