Conflict After the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of War and Peace

by Betts, Richard K.

• ISBN13: 9780205851751
• ISBN10: 0205851754
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Updated in its 4thedition, Conflict After the Cold Warassembles classic and contemporary readings on enduring problems of international security. Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Richard Betts, this text offers a broad historical and philosophical breadth, with carefully chosen and excerpted selections. This popular reader helps engage key debates over the future of war and the new forms that violent conflict will take. Conflict After the Cold Warencourages closer scrutiny of the political, economic, social, and military factors that drive war and peace.

Author Biography

Richard K. Betts is the Arnold Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies in the Department of Political Science, the director of the Institute of War and Peace Studies, and the director of the International Security Policy Program in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is also Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies on the Council of Foreign Relations, acommissioner to the National Commission on Terrorism, and former staff member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. His research interests include national security, military strategy, and international conflict, and he has published numerous articles on foreign policy, military strategy, intelligence operations, conventional forces, nuclear weapons, arms trade, collective security, strategic issues in Asia, and other subjects.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Visions of War and Peace	p. 1
The End of History?	p. 6
Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War	p. 18
The Clash of Civilizations?	p. 35
Economics Trumps Politics	p. 54
International Realism: Anarchy and Power	p. 66
The Melian Dialogue	p. 69
Doing Evil in Order to Do Good	p. 74
The State of Nature and the State of War	p. 78
Realism and Idealism	p. 82
The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory	p. 100
Hegemonic War and International Change	p. 107
Power, Culprits, and Arms	p. 120
International Liberalism: Institutions and Cooperation	p. 133
Perpetual Peace	p. 136
Peace Through Arbitration	p. 143
Community of Power vs. Balance of Power	p. 146
Liberalism and World Politics	p. 149
Power and Interdependence	p. 164
Psychology: The Human Mind and International Conflict	p. 172
Why War?	p. 175
How Good People Do Bad Things	p. 183
Why Hawks Win	p. 190
War and Misperception	p. 194
Culture: Customs, Norms, and Learning	p. 211
Anarchy Is What States Make of It	p. 214
Spirit, Standing, and Honor	p. 236
Warfare Is Only an InventionùNot a Biological Necessity	p. 244
The Obsolescence of Major War	p. 249
Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention	p. 262
Men, Women, and War	p. 280
Economics: Interests and Interdependence	p. 294
Money Is Not the Sinews of War, Although It Is Generally So Considered	p. 297
The Great Illusion	p. 299
Paradise Is a Bazaar	p. 301
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism	p. 309
Imperialism and Capitalism	p. 317
War as Policy	p. 326
Structural Causes and Economic Effects	p. 339
Trade and Power	p. 349
Politics: Ideology and Identity	p. 364
Nations and Nationalism	p. 368
Democratization and War	p. 380
Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars	p. 394
The Troubled History of Partition	p. 412
Military Technology, Strategy, and Stability	p. 421
Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma	p. 425
The Offensive/Defensive Balance of Military Technology	p. 442
Arms Control: Historical Experience	p. 454
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: More May Be Better	p. 465
Revolution, Unconventional Warfare, and Terrorism	p. 477
The Strategic Logic of Terrorism	p. 481
Religious Radicalism and Political Violence	p. 495
Speech to the American People	p. 511
Jihadi Networks of Terror	p. 516
Science of Guerrilla Warfare	p. 530
On Guerrilla Warfare	p. 539
Patterns of Violence in World Politics	p. 550
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency	p. 575
Principles, Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency	p. 591
A Strategy of Tactics: The Folly of Counterinsurgency	p. 598
New Threats and Strategies for Peace	p. 611
Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute Conflict	p. 614
Ecoviolence	p. 629
A World of Liberty Under Law	p. 641
China: Can the Next Superpower Rise Without War?	p. 646
Peace Among Civilizations?	p. 659
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