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_aThe causes of war / _cDavid Sobek. |
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_aCambridge : _bPolity Press, _c2009 |
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520 | _aGiven the huge costs and unpredicatability of war why do states choose conflict over diplomacy? Using numerous examples this book tries to explain this apparently irrational behaviour by considering how states behave, how the interact with each other, the effect of the international system, effect of power transitions as states wax and wane, and the recently more prominent role of non-state entities. | ||
650 | _aCAUSES OF WAR | ||
650 | _aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
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