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Man, the state, and war : a theoretical analysis / Kenneth N. Waltz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]Copyright date: c2001Description: xvi, 263 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0231125372 (alk. paper)
  • 9780231125376
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 327.101 WAL 22
Summary: What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace.
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Originally published: 1959. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace.

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