| Description |
1 online resource (441 pages) |
| Contents |
A tale of two crises -- Reasons, motives, and causes -- On power -- Power motivation in war and peace -- Perceiving and misperceiving power -- Justifying power and war -- Toward peace II : taming power drives -- Toward peace II : taming societies, perceptions, and justifications |
| Summary |
"Roots of War presents systematic archival, experimental, and survey research on three psychological factors leading to war--desire for power, exaggerated perception of threat, and justification for force -- set in comparative historical accounts of the unexpected 1914 escalation to world war and the peacefully - resolved 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 30, 2018) |
| Subject |
War -- Causes.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Threats.
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War -- Prevention
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Threats
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War -- Causes
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War -- Prevention
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199355761 |
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0199355762 |
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