| | Document Type | : | BL | Record Number | : | 105171 | Doc. No | : | b62717 | Main Entry | : | Lebow, Richard Ned. | Title & Author | : | Why nations fight :past and future motives for war /Richard Ned Lebow. | Publication Statement | : | New York :Cambridge University Press,2010. | Page. NO | : | xii, 295 p. :ill. ;24 cm. | ISBN | : | 9780521192835 (hardback) | | | 0521192838 (hardback) | Bibliographies/Indexes | : | Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-287) and index. | Contents | : | Theories of war -- Theory and propositions -- Data set and findings -- Interest and security -- Standing and revenge. | Abstract | : | "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. | Subject | : | War-- Causes. | Dewey Classification | : | 355.02/7 | LC Classification | : | U21.2.L386 2010 |
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