The Origin and prevention of major wars

Abstract

Introduction: 1. Old wars and future wars: causation and prevention Joseph S. Nye, Jr Part I. The Origins of War: Structural Theories: 2. The theory of hegemonic war Robert Gilpin 3. The origins of war in neorealist theory Kenneth N. Waltz 4. The contribution of expected utility theory to the study of international conflict Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Part II. The Origins of War: Explanation of Non-rational Causality: 5. Domestic politics and war Jack S. Levy 6. War and misperception Robert Jervis 7. Crises and the unexpected George H. Quester Part III. Lessons and Analogies from Early Major Wars: 8. Ideology and conflict: the wars of the Ottoman Empire 1453-1606 John F. Guilmartin, Jr 9. The origins of the thirty years' war Myron P. Gutmann 10. The origins, causes and extension of the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon Gunther E. Rothenberg Part IV. Lessons and Analogies from the World Wars: 11. The origins of World War I Samuel R. Williamson, Jr 12. Wargames: 1914-1919 Charles S. Maier 13. The Origins of World War II in Europe: British deterrence failure and German expansionism Jeffrey L. Hughes 14. The origins of the Pacific War Scott D. Sagan.