Justice and the Genesis of War

ISBN-13: 9780521558686 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 356 str.

David A. Welch; Steve Smith; Thomas Biersteker

Opis

In this major study of the causes of war, David Welch argues that, contrary to the received wisdom in academic and policy circles, states are often motivated by sincere concern for the perceived demands of justice, not merely by self interest. By examining the outbreak of five Great Power wars (the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War, World War I, World War II, and the Falklands War), Welch demonstrates the importance of the justice motive in state behavior, using both historical and philosophical analysis to shed new light on an old problem.

Recenzje

'… an important contribution to the literatures on realism, the causes of war, and international ethics. Not only are its findings impressive in their own right, but the concept of the justice motive suggests a possible synthesis of other important threads of research on the causes of collective violence.' Mershon International Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The justice motive and war; 2. The Crimean war; 3. The Franco-Prussian war; 4. World War I; 5. World War II; 6. The Falklands/Malvinas war; 7. Justice and injustice in a global context.