The Construction and Cumulation of Knowledge in International Relations explores the construction and cumulation of knowledge within the scope of international relations inquiry.

• Editor John A. Vasquez is a former president of the International Studies Association
  
• Smartly addresses the issue of international relations from the bottom-up through an examination of the construction and cumulation of knowledge
  
• An ideal companion text for the study and discussion of current issues in international relations

John A. Vasquez s The War Puzzle provided one of the most important scientific analyses of the causes of war of the last two decades. The War Puzzle Revisited updates and extends his groundbreaking work, reviewing recent research on the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace. Vasquez describes systematically those factors associated with wars to see if there is a pattern that suggests why war occurs, and how it might be avoided, delineating the typical path by which relatively equal states have become embroiled in wars in the modern global system. The book uses the large...