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" Explaining war and peace : "
edited by Gary Goertz and Jack S. Levy.
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971676
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b726046
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Explaining war and peace : : case studies and necessary condition counterfactuals /\ edited by Gary Goertz and Jack S. Levy.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2007.
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Contemporary security studies
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xvi, 346 pages ;; 24 cm.
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0203089103
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: 0415422329
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: 9780203089101
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: 9780415422338
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-339) and index.
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| Contents
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Causal explanation, necessary conditions, and case studies / Gary Goertz and Jack S. Levy -- The role of necessary conditions in the outbreak of World War I / Jack S. Levy -- Contingency, catalysts and nonlinear change : the origins of World War I / Richard Ned Lebow -- Powderkegs, sparks and World War I / William R. Thompson -- Necessary conditions and World War I as an unavoidable war / Paul W. Schroeder -- Power, globalization, and the end of the Cold War : reevaluating a landmark case for ideas / Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth -- Perestroika without politics : how realism misunderstands the Cold War's end / Robert English -- New versus old thinking in qualitative research / Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth -- The elaboration model and necessary causes / James Mahoney.
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Containing essays by leading figures in the field, this volume focuses on the use of 'necessary condition counterfactuals' in explaining two key events in 20th century history, the start of the First World War and the end of the Cold War.
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Counterfactuals (Logic)
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Peace (Philosophy)
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War (Philosophy)
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War-- Causes.
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89.03 methods and techniques of political science.
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89.76 polemology.
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Cold war.
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Counterfactuals (Logic)
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History.
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Peace (Philosophy)
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Ursache
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War (Philosophy)
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War-- Causes.
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World War I.
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Krieg.
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Case studies.
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Causal models.
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Cold war.
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First world war.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.6/6
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940.311
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U21.2.L438 2007
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89.03bcl
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89.76bcl
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MK 3100rvk
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POL 740fstub
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| Added Entry
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Goertz, Gary,1953-
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Levy, Jack S.,1948-
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