TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gat,Azar
TI  - Causes of war and the spread of peace : but will war rebound? 
SN  - 9780198795025
PY  - 2017///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - War
KW  - Causes
KW  - War (Philosophy)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-297) and index; Part I. Past imperfect: prehistory and history -- When did it all begin? -- Why people fought in the evolutionary state of nature -- The clash of the state-leviathans -- Part II. Flaws and miconceptions in disciplinary grand theories -- Anthropology: why people fought (if they did) -- The causes of war (or their absence) in international relations theory -- Part III. The modernization peace -- Has war been declining - and why? -- Challenges to the modernization peace: past and future -- Conclusion: the logic of war and peace
N2  - The causes of war - why people fight - is one of the big questions of human existence. Azar Gat's book, ranging from the beginning of prehistory to the 21st century, offers a definitive answer to the lingering mystery
ER  -