Why Nations Fight

by Richard Ned Lebow

Book Overview

Four generic motives have historically led states to initiate war: fear, interest, standing and revenge. Using an original dataset, Richard Ned Lebow examines the distribution of wars across three and a half centuries and argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, only a minority of these were motivated by security or material interest. Instead, the majority are the result of a quest for standing, and for revenge - an attempt to get even with states...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521170451
• ISBN13: 9780521170451
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"