Causes of War, 3rd Ed.

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Simon and Schuster, Sep 7, 1988 - History - 325 pages
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
5
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
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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About the author (1988)

Geoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian, born 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. He taught at the University of Melbourne and held chairs in economic history and history. He taught at Harvard University as a visiting professor of Australian Studies. He has written over 36 and is the author of The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia for which he was a joint winner of the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian history.

Bibliographic information

TitleCauses of War, 3rd Ed.
AuthorGeoffrey Blainey
ContributorGeoffrey Blainey
Editionreprint
PublisherSimon and Schuster, 1988
ISBN0029035910, 9780029035917
Length325 pages
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History / General
History / Military / General
History / Military / Strategy
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
Political Science / Genocide & War Crimes
Technology & Engineering / Military Science
  
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