An Introduction to the Causes of War: Patterns of Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq

by Leonard C. Robinson and Greg Cashman

Book Overview

This pioneering book explains the causes of war through a sustained combination of theoretical insights and detailed case studies. Cashman and Robinson find that while all wars have multiple causes, these factors typically combine in identifiable dangerous patterns. Through the examples of World War I, World War II in the Pacific, the Six Day War, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Iraq War of 2003, the authors uncover the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742555097
• ISBN13: 9780742555099
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 10.2"