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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
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No
ISBN
9780190849535
Subject Area
History, Political Science
Publication Name
Only the Dead : the Persistence of War in the Modern Age
Item Length
6.2 in
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject
Military / General, Peace, General
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Bear F. Braumoeller
Item Width
9.4 in
Item Weight
26.4 Oz
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature is, quite simply, one of the most influential social science books of the past decade. In it, Pinker argued that violence in all its forms--but especially war--has been steadily declining throughout the modern era, and that the world is more peaceful now than ever before. The book found a very receptive audience, and it is indeed a powerful work. But is it true? In Only the Dead, Bear Braumoeller assesses the claim that armed conflict is in decline and finds it wanting. In the course of his assessment, he also develops a powerful explanation for trends in warfare over time. His central finding is that, although there has been a drop in the rate of international conflict following the end of the Cold War, that drop followed nearly two centuries of steady increases in the rate of conflict. Moreover, the rate of civil war onset has increased following the end of the Cold War, and extrastate wars (wars between states and non-state entities) have shown a recent resurgence. With regard to war intensity and severity, he has found no significant change since the end of the Napoleonic Wars--which represents a sharp rejoinder to Pinker's thesis. Just as importantly, he contends that the flaws in Pinker's argument flow from a fundamental weakness in this theory, which is really a monocausal story about a decline in the willingness to wage war. In contrast, Braumoeller's findings are in accord with systemic theories of international politics that emphasize Great Power conflict. He therefore traces how Great Power interactions produce world orders, which in combination with Great Power activity alter the calculations made by states as they contemplate the choice between a negotiated settlement and war. To buttress his argument, he looks at key episodes from each major historical era, all the while emphasizing how the Great Power system induces armed conflict. Because the decline-in-war thesis has captured the attention of politicians, journalists, and citizens as well as academics, Only the Dead is likely to be quite controversial. But Braumoeller, known for being one of the most numerate political scientists in the discipline, has both a powerful theory and data that doubters cannot dismiss. It therefore has the potential to stand as a landmark work in the fields of international politics and the history of war.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190849533
ISBN-13
9780190849535
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038284929

Product Key Features

Author
Bear F. Braumoeller
Publication Name
Only the Dead : the Persistence of War in the Modern Age
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Military / General, Peace, General
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
344 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.2 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
9.4 in
Item Weight
26.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2019-003397
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
U21.2
Reviews
"Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me." -- Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University, "Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me." - Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University, "Braumoeller's analysis of the data is thoughtful and convincing...Today, with the conditions for a regional war in the Middle East riper than they have been for years, the liberal international order under strain, and the deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations, Only the Dead makes for sobering reading." -- Nikita Lalwani, Yale Law School and Sam Winter-Levy, Princeton University, Foreign Policy"Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me." -- Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University, "Braumoeller's analysis of the data is thoughtful and convincing...Today, with the conditions for a regional war in the Middle East riper than they have been for years, the liberal international order under strain, and the deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations, Only the Dead makes for sobering reading." -- Nikita Lalwani, Yale Law School and Sam Winter-Levy, Princeton University, Foreign Policy "Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me." -- Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University
Table of Content
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Empirical Reasons for Skepticism 3 Theoretical Reasons for Skepticism 4 A Conventional View of War 5 Measuring War 6 A Few Handy Tools 7 Trends in Warfare, 1815-present
Copyright Date
2018
Dewey Decimal
303.66
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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