The Political Economy of War and Peace

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. The Evolving National Security Strategy of the United States

   • Carl H. Groth Jr.

   Pages 1-28

3. Defining Terrorism

   • Yedidia Groll-Yaari

   Pages 29-48

4. The Economic Consequences of the American Civil War

   • Roger L. Ransom

   Pages 49-74

5. John Maynard Keynes Architect of the Postwar Peace

   • John E. Elliott

   Pages 75-102

6. Dyads, Disputes and the Democratic Peace

   • William J. Dixon

   Pages 103-126

7. Cooperation and Conflict among Democracies: Why Do Democracies Cooperate More and Fight Less?

   • Solomon W. Polachek, John Robst

   Pages 127-154

8. In a World of Cannibals Everyone Votes for War: Democracy and Peace Reconsidered

   • Murray Wolfson, Patrick James, Eric J. Solberg

   Pages 155-176

9. Environmental Resource Scarcity and Conflict

   • Jane V. Hall, Darwin C. Hall

   Pages 177-199

10. Race, Rationality, and Behavior

    • Raymond Dacey

    Pages 201-222

11. The Long and the Short of an Arms Race

    • David Kinsella, Sam-man Chung

    Pages 223-246

12. Theory of Moves and the Persian Gulf War

    • Tansa George Massoud

    Pages 247-266

13. Moral Hazard and Conflict Intervention

    • Dane Rowlands, David Carment

    Pages 267-285

14. A Model of Dispute Sequences

    • Robert G. Muncaster, Dina A. Zinnes

    Pages 287-311

15. Back Matter

    Pages 313-347

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cancer n. any malignant tumor . . . Metastasis may occur via the bloodstream or the lymphatic channels or across body cavities . . . setting up secondary tumors . . . Each individual primary tumor has its own pattern . . . There are probably many causative factors . . . Treatment. . . depends on the type of tumor, the site of the primary tumor and the extent of the spread. (Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary 1996, 97) Let us begin by stating the obvious. Acts of organized violence are not necessarily of human nature, but they are endogenous events arising within the an intrinsic part evolution of complex systems of social interaction. To be sure, all wars have features in common - people are killed and property is destroyed - but in their origin wars are likely to be at least as different as the social structures from which they arise. Consequently, it is unlikely that there can be a simple theory of the causes of war or the maintenance of peace. The fact that wars are historical events need not discourage us. On the contrary, we should focus our understanding of the dimensions of each conflict, or classes of conflict, on the conjuncture of causes at hand. It follows that the study of conflict must be an interdisciplinary one. It is or a penchant for eclecticism that leads to that conclusion, but the not humility multi-dimensionality of war itself.

• Keynes
• Nation
• Policy
• environment
• political economy

• California State University, Fullerton, USA

  Murray Wolfson

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