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  • Untied Hands

    How States Avoid the Wrong Wars

    de Dan Reiter ...
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  • Understanding War and Peace

    Edición de Dan Reiter ...
    Written for undergraduate students studying the politics of conflict and cooperation, Understanding War and Peace considers the roots of global conflicts and the various means used to resolve them. Edited by Dan Reiter with contributing authors who are all leading scholars in the field, it balances approachable, engaging writing with a conceptually rigorous overview of the most important ideas in ... Leer más

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