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" Why nations fight : "
Richard Ned Lebow.
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BL
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105171
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b62717
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| Main Entry
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Lebow, Richard Ned.
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| Title & Author
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Why nations fight : : past and future motives for war /\ Richard Ned Lebow.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2010.
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xii, 295 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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9780521192835 (hardback)
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: 0521192838 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-287) and index.
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| Contents
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Theories of war -- Theory and propositions -- Data set and findings -- Interest and security -- Standing and revenge.
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| Abstract
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"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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War-- Causes.
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| Dewey Classification
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355.02/7
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U21.2.L386 2010
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