TY - BOOK AU - HOLSTI K J TI - The state, war and the state of war SN - 052157790X (pbk.) PY - 1996/// CY - Cambridge, UK PB - Cambridge University Press KW - CAUSES OF WAR KW - POLITICS KW - SOVEREIGNTY KW - WAR N2 - Argues that since 1945 there has been a decline in interstate war but an increase in civil wars particularly in 'weak states' where the governments have been unable to sustain domestic legitimacy ER -