Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis (Paperback)

Kenneth Waltz
Columbia University Press
 9780231125376
0-231-12537-2

What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers,.

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such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace.