Only the dead the persistence of war in the modern age
In Only the Dead, Bear Braumoeller assesses the claim that armed conflict is in decline and finds it wanting. In the course of his assessment, he also develops a powerful explanation for trends in warfare over time. His central finding is that, although there has been a drop in the rate of internati...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2019
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War
> Causes
> Prevention
> International organization
> Krieg
> Internationaler Konflikt
> Friede
> Weltordnung
> Kriegsursache
> Kriegsverhütung
> Kriegsopfer
> Entwicklung
> Statistische Analyse
> Geschichte
> Internationale Politik
> POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship
> POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy
> War ; Causes
> War ; Prevention
> History
> War and peace research
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | In Only the Dead, Bear Braumoeller assesses the claim that armed conflict is in decline and finds it wanting. In the course of his assessment, he also develops a powerful explanation for trends in warfare over time. His central finding is that, although there has been a drop in the rate of international conflict following the end of the Cold War, that drop followed nearly two centuries of steady increases in the rate of conflict. Moreover, the rate of civil war onset has increased following the end of the Cold War, and extrastate wars (wars between states and non-state entities) have shown a recent resurgence. With regard to war intensity and severity, he has found no significant change since the end of the Napoleonic Wars - which represents a sharp rejoinder to Pinker's thesis. Just as importantly, he contends that the flaws in Pinker's argument flow from a fundamental weakness in this theory, which is really a monocausal story about a decline in the willingness to wage war. In contrast, Braumoeller's findings are in accord with systemic theories of international politics that emphasize Great Power conflict. He therefore traces how Great Power interactions produce world orders, which in combination with Great Power activity alter the calculations made by states as they contemplate the choice between a negotiated settlement and war. To buttress his argument, he looks at key episodes from each major historical era, all the while emphasizing how the Great Power system induces armed conflict. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 269-294, Register |
| Beschreibung: | xxiii, 314 Seiten Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9780190849535 978-0-19-084953-5 0190849533 0-19-084953-3 |