Knowingo
Try 7 days free
The cover of The Causes of War

The Causes of War

Geoffrey Blainey

Why do nations go to war, and why do leaders on both sides expect to win a fight that only one side can win?

Get the app Read on the web

At a glance

Author
Geoffrey Blainey

Why read it

  • You will stop accepting popular explanations that simply blame capitalists or dictators for war
  • You will see why rivalry and tension can last for generations without war, and what tips a dispute into one
  • You will learn to ask whether each side expects to win, a question that helps explain both war and peace

Who it is for

  • A business or political leader weighing a conflict
  • A news reader tired of simple explanations for war
  • A student of history or international relations

Contents

  1. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
  2. PREFACE (ABRIDGED) TO THE FIRST EDITION
  3. BOOK ONE THE MYSTERY OF PEACE
  4. 1 THE PEACE THAT PASSETH UNDERSTANDING
  5. 2 PARADISE IS A BAZAAR
  6. BOOK TWO THE WEB OF WAR
  7. 3 DREAMS AND DELUSIONS OF A COMING WAR
  8. 4 WHILE WATERBIRDS FIGHT
  9. 5 DEATH-WATCH AND SCAPEGOAT WARS
  10. 6 WAR CHESTS AND PULSE BEATS
  11. 7 A CALENDAR OF WAR
  12. 8 THE ABACUS OF POWER
  13. BOOK THREE THE ELUSIVE WARMONGERS
  14. 9 WAR AS AN ACCIDENT
  15. 10 AIMS AND ARMS
  16. 11 A DAY THAT LIVES IN INFAMY
  17. BOOK FOUR THE VARIETIES OF WAR
  18. 12 VENDETTA OF THE BLACK SEA
  19. 13 LONG WARS
  20. 14 AND SHORTER WARS
  21. 15 THE MYSTERY OF WIDE WARS¹
  22. 16 PEARL HARBOR: BEFORE AND AFTER
  23. 17 MYTHS OF THE NUCLEAR ERA
  24. 18 THE COLD WAR BECAME A WARM WAR
  25. 19 PUZZLES OF PEACE AND WAR
  26. CONCLUSIONS
  27. 20 WAR, PEACE AND NEUTRALITY

More books like this