War and Reason
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War and Reason

Domestic and International Imperatives

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

War and Reason

Domestic and International Imperatives

About this book

In this landmark work, two leading theorists of international relations analyze the strategies designed to avoid international conflict. Using a combination of game theory, statistical analysis, and detailed case histories, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and David Lalman evaluate the conditions that promote negotiation, the status quo, capitulation, acquiescence, and war.

The authors assess two competing theories on the role that domestic politics plays in foreign policy choices: one states that national decision-makers are constrained only by the exigencies of the international system, and the other views leaders as additionally constrained by domestic political considerations. Finding the second theory to be more consistent with historical events, they use it to examine enduring puzzles such as why democracies do not appear to fight one another, whether balance of power or power preponderance promotes peaceful resolution of disputes, and what conditions are necessary and sufficient for nations to cooperate with one another. They conclude by speculating about the implications of their theory for foreign policy strategies in the post-Cold War world.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Figures
  3. Tables
  4. Preface
  5. Part I. A Theory of Foreign Policy
  6. Chapter 1. Reason and War
  7. Chapter 2. The International Interaction Game
  8. Chapter 3. Foreign Policy Decisions with Full Information
  9. Part II. Domestic Constraints and Foreign Policy
  10. Chapter 4. Norms, Beliefs, and International Cooperation
  11. Chapter 5. Five Democratic Puzzles
  12. Part III. Power and Foreign Policy
  13. Chapter 6. International Power Relations and War
  14. Chapter 7. The Seven Weeks' War and System Transformation
  15. Part IV. Foreign Policy Implications of the International Interaction Game
  16. Chapter 8. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World
  17. Chapter 9. War's Reason and the National Interest
  18. Appendix 1. Measurement of the Variables
  19. Appendix 2. Domestic Constraints and the Prospects of Bluffing
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index