Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War by Jeff D. ColganRequirements: .PDF reader, 4.2 MbOverview: Oil is the world’s single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Jeff Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations, exploring how countries form their foreign policy preferences and intentions. Why are some […]
Pontiac’s War: Its Causes, Course and Consequences by Richard MiddletonRequirements: .PDF reader, 5.4 MBOverview: Pontiac’s War: Its Causes, Course, and Consequence, 1763-1765 is a compelling retelling of one of the most pivotal points in American colonial history, in which the Native peoples staged one of the most successful campaigns in three centuries of European contact. […]
Causes of War: Power & the Roots of Conflict by Stephen Van EveraRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 2.99 MBOverview: What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? In this book, Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war, a first-strike […]
War and Its Causes by Jeremy BlackRequirements: .PDF reader, 3 MBOverview: This interdisciplinary book provides an invaluable perspective on the causes of war, drawing on a thoughtful consideration of what war actually is—the key foundation for an analysis of its causes. Jeremy Black assesses the three main types of war—between cultures, within cultures, and civil—emphasizing […]
Germany and the Causes of the First World War by Mark HewitsonRequirements: .PDF reader, 1.3mbOverview: How can we understand what caused World War I? What role did Germany play? This book encourages us to re-think the events that led to global conflict in 1914.Historians in recent years have argued that German leaders acted defensively or […]