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by Stephen Van Evera

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What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? In this book, Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war, a first-strike advantage, fluctuation in the relative power of states, circumstances that allow nations to parlay one conquest into another, and circumstances that make conquest easy.

According to Van Evera, all but one of these conditions--false optimism--rarely occur today, but policymakers often erroneously believe in their existence. He argues that these misperceptions are responsible for many modern wars, and explores both World Wars, the Korean War, and the 1967 Mideast War as test cases. Finally, he assesses the possibility of nuclear war by applying all five hypotheses to its potential onset. Van Evera's book demonstrates that ideas from the Realist paradigm can offer strong explanations for international conflict and valuable prescriptions for its control.

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  • Title Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict
  • Author Stephen Van Evera
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition, F
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
  • Publication date 1999-06-24
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801432019 / 0801432014
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.57 x 0.95 in (24.38 x 16.69 x 2.41 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects War, International relations - Case studies
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98-43650
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.027

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Stephen Van Evera is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Associate Director of the MIT Center for International Studies. His other works include Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, also from Cornell.

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