Causes of War, 3rd Ed.The third edition of Geoffery Blainey’s highly acclaimed study on the causes of war has been expanded and updated to include a complete discussion of World War II and the road towards nuclear war. Analyzing all international wars since 1700, Causes of War solves the riddle of why some wars are long and some are short and demonstrates how the “outbreak of peace” offers insight into the outbreak of war. Proving that war and peace are alternating phases of a relationship between rival nations, this widely quoted work offers a crucial, new understanding of international armed conflict. |
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Contents
The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
The Web of | 33 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
While Waterbirds Fight | 57 |
DeathWatch and Scapegoat Wars | 68 |
War Chests and Pulse Beats | 87 |
A Calendar of War | 97 |
Vendetta of the Black Sea | 177 |
Long Wars | 186 |
And Shorter Wars | 206 |
The Mystery of Wide Wars | 228 |
Australias Pacific War 843 | 243 |
Conclusions | 265 |
Myths of the Nuclear Era | 267 |
War Peace and Neutrality | 291 |
The Abacus of Power | 108 |
The Elusive Warmongers | 125 |
War as an Accident | 127 |
Aims and Arms | 146 |
A Day that Lives in Infamy | 157 |
The Varieties of | 175 |
Abbreviations | 296 |
Notes | 297 |
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| Title | Causes of War, 3rd Ed. |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0029035910, 9780029035917 |
| Length | 325 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / General History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General Political Science / Genocide & War Crimes |
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