Why nations fight : past and future motives for war / Richard Ned Lebow.

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

xii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"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.

English

March 07, 2011

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-287) and index.

War > Causes.