- Summary
- Handbook of War Studies III is a follow-up to Handbook of War Studies I (1993) and II (2000). This new volume collects original work from leading international relations scholars on domestic strife, ethnic conflict, genocide, and other timely topics. Special attention is given to civil war, which has become one of the dominant forms - if not the dominant form - of conflict in the world today.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2009
- Contents
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PART I. Perspectives on Interstate and Civil Strife.
1. War and rationality / Bruce Bueno De Mesquita.
2. Emotions and War: an evolutionary model of motivation / Rose McDermott.
PART II. The Onset and termination of Civil Wars.
3. Evolution of theory on civil war and revolution / T. David Mason.
4. Internal wars over the state : rational choice institutionalism and contentious politics / Mark Irving Lichbach.
5. Democracy and civil war / Nils Petter Gleditsch, Håvard Hegre, and Håvard Strand.
6. Civil war outcomes / Roy Licklider.
PART III. Ethnic Conflict, International Relations, and Genocide.
7. Origins of ethnic wars : a historical and critical account / Monica Duffy Toft.
8. The international relations of ethnic conflict / Stephen M. Saideman and Erin K. Jenne.
9. Genocide Studies : Large N, Small N, and policy specificity / Manus I. Midlarsky.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Midlarsky, Manus I.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I. Perspectives on Interstate and Civil Strife.--1. War and rationality / Bruce Bueno De Mesquita.--2. Emotions and War: an evolutionary model of motivation / Rose McDermott.--PART II. The Onset and termination of Civil Wars.--3. Evolution of theory on civil war and revolution / T. David Mason.--4. Internal wars over the state : rational choice institutionalism and contentious politics / Mark Irving Lichbach.--5. Democracy and civil war / Nils Petter Gleditsch, Håvard Hegre, and Håvard Strand.--6. Civil war outcomes / Roy Licklider.--PART III. Ethnic Conflict, International Relations, and Genocide.--7. Origins of ethnic wars : a historical and critical account / Monica Duffy Toft.--8. The international relations of ethnic conflict / Stephen M. Saideman and Erin K. Jenne.--9. Genocide Studies : Large N, Small N, and policy specificity / Manus I. Midlarsky.
