Justice and the Genesis of War

Name: Justice and the Genesis of War
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ISBN: 9780521558686

ISBN-10: 0521558689

ISBN-13: 9780521558686

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Authors: David A. Welch, Thomas Biersteker, Chris Brown, Phil Cerny, Joseph Grieco

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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…

Book details

List price: $69.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/10/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



The justice motive and war



The Crimean war



The Franco-Prussian war



World War I



World War II



The Falklands/Malvinas war



Justice and injustice in a global context