Causes of War, 3rd Ed.

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Simon and Schuster, Sep 7, 1988 - History - 325 pages
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The third edition of Geoffery Blainey’s highly acclaimed study on the causes of war has been expanded and updated to include a complete discussion of World War II and the road towards nuclear war.

Analyzing all international wars since 1700, Causes of War solves the riddle of why some wars are long and some are short and demonstrates how the “outbreak of peace” offers insight into the outbreak of war.

Proving that war and peace are alternating phases of a relationship between rival nations, this widely quoted work offers a crucial, new understanding of international armed conflict.
 

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Contents

The Peace that Passeth Understanding
3
Paradise is a Bazaar
18
The Web of
33
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War
35
While Waterbirds Fight
57
DeathWatch and Scapegoat Wars
68
War Chests and Pulse Beats
87
A Calendar of War
97
Vendetta of the Black Sea
177
Long Wars
186
And Shorter Wars
206
The Mystery of Wide Wars
228
Australias Pacific War 843
243
Conclusions
265
Myths of the Nuclear Era
267
War Peace and Neutrality
291

The Abacus of Power
108
The Elusive Warmongers
125
War as an Accident
127
Aims and Arms
146
A Day that Lives in Infamy
157
The Varieties of
175
Abbreviations
296
Notes
297
Select Bibliography
311
Index
321
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Geoffrey Blainey is one of Australia's best-known authors. Since 1968, he has been successively Professor of Economic History and Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. In 1982-3, he was Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University.

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