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  • Crises, War, and Diplomacy

    Lessons for World Politics

    by John A. Vasquez, Andrew P. Owsiak ...
    Why do some international crises between major states escalate to war while others do not? To shed light on this question, this book reviews fifteen such crises during the period 1815–present, including the Crimean War, The Franco-Prussian War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War. Each chapter places the crisis at hand in its historical context, provides a narrative of the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • What Do We Know about War?

    Edited by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, John A. Vasquez ...
    Series series What Do We Know about International Relations
    This invaluable text assesses the current research on the causes of both war and peace. In this revised third edition-now with a brand new chapter on the Russian-Ukraine War-leading international relations scholars explore the role of territorial disputes, power, alliances, arms races, rivalry, and nuclear weapons in bringing about war; the outcomes and consequences of war; and the factors that ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Territory, War, and Peace

    by John A. Vasquez, Marie T. Henehan ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.The book argues that a key both to peace and to war lies in understanding the role territory plays as a source of conflict and inter-group violence. Of all the issues that spark conflict, territorial disputes have the highest probability of escalating to war. War, however, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Apostolic Based Bible Studies from L.R.C. (Life Restoration Center) Apostolic Church

    Compiled by John A. Vasquez Jr.

    by John A. Vasquez Jr., Dora Crystal Solis ...
    Dora Crystal Solis is collaborating with her Pastor on getting the message of the Word of God out to the public statewide and hopefully nationwide as well. They are not trying to convert anybody but to inform everyone reading the book that there is hope and guidance found in the word of God and it will help them find peace, joy and understanding about the Bible itself. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Salvation and Catastrophe

    The Greek-Turkish War, 1919–1922

    by Konstantinos Travlos, Öner Akgül, Doruk Akyüz, Merih Erol, Stefanos Katsikas, Ioannis Nioutsikos, Markos Troulis, Dionysios Tsirigotis, John A. Vasquez, Nazli Güzin Özdil0, Deniz S. Sert1, Fulya Felicity Turkmen2, Edward J. Erickson3 ...
    The Greek-Turkish War of 1919–1923—also known as the Western Front of the Turkish War of Liberation and the Asia Minor Campaign—was one of the key aftershocks of the First World War. Internationally better known for its aftermath, the Compulsory Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Catastrophe of Ottoman Greeks, and the foundation of the Republic of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Contagion and War

    Lessons from the First World War

    by John A. Vasquez ...
    John A. Vasquez explains the processes that cause the spread of interstate war by looking at how contagion worked to bring countries into the First World War. Analysing all the key states that declared war, the book is comprised of three parts. Part I lays out six models of contagion: alliances, contiguity, territorial rivalry, opportunity, 'brute force' and economic dependence. Part II then ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • The Outbreak of the First World War

    Structure, Politics, and Decision-Making

    Edited by Jack S. Levy, John A. Vasquez ...
    The First World War had profound consequences both for the evolution of the international system and for domestic political systems. How and why did the war start? Offering a unique interdisciplinary perspective, this volume brings together a distinguished group of diplomatic historians and international relations scholars to debate the causes of the war. Organized around several theoretically ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Conflict, War, and Peace

    An Introduction to Scientific Research

    Edited by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, John A. Vasquez ...
    Introducing students to the scientific study of peace and war, this exciting new reader provides an overview of important and current scholarship in this dynamic area of study. Focusing on the factors that shape relationships between countries and that make war or peace more likely, this collection of articles by top scholars explores such key topics as dangerous dyads, alliances, territorial ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • The War Puzzle Revisited

    by John A. Vasquez ...
    Series Book 110 - Cambridge Studies in International Relations
    John A. Vasquez's The War Puzzle provided one of the most important scientific analyses of the causes of war of the last two decades. The War Puzzle Revisited updates and extends his groundbreaking work, reviewing research on the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace. Vasquez describes systematically those factors associated with wars to see if there is a pattern that suggests why ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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    by John J. Mearsheimer ...
    "A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. PosenA decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered ... Read more

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  • Why Men Rebel

    by Ted Robert Gurr ...
    Why Men Rebel was first published in 1970 after a decade of political violence across the world. Forty years later, serious conflicts continue in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Ted Robert Gurr reintroduces us to his landmark work, putting it in context with the research it influenced as well as world events. Why Men Rebel remains highly relevant to today's violent and unstable world with its ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Liberal Illusion

    Does Trade Promote Peace?

    by Katherine Barbieri ...
    "A very important and long-awaited major contribution to the debate . . . Her work cannot be ignored."--Nils Petter Gleditsch, Journal of Peace Research"Barbieri builds on a solid foundation of work on trade and conflict and specifies the conditions under which trade reduces and increases conflict. . . . The bottom line is that this is an important book in the study of trade and conflict because ... Read more

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