Justice and the Genesis of War (Hardcover)

Studies of the causes of wars generally presuppose a 'realist' account of motivation: when statesmen choose to wage war, they do so for purposes of self-preservation or self-aggrandizement. In this book, however, David Welch argues that humans are motivated by normative concerns, the pursuit of which may result in behaviour inconsistent with self-interest. He examines the effect of one particular type of normative motivation - the justice motive - in the outbreak of five Great Power wars: the Crimean war, the Franco-Prussian war, World War I, World War II, and the Falklands war. Realist theory would suggest that these wars would be among the least likely to be influenced by considerations other than power and interest, but the author demonstrates that the justice motive played an important role in the genesis of war, and that its neglect by theorists of international politics is a major oversight.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Release date:	September 1993
First published:	1995
Authors:	David A. Welch
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-44462-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-44462-4
Barcode:	9780521444620

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