Theories of War & Peace

The Contributors vii(2) Acknowledgments ix(2) Preface xi Sean M. Lynn-Jones PART I: REALIST THEORIES OF WAR AND PEACE 3(134) Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War 3(52) John J. Mearsheimer Offense, Defense, and the Causes of War 55(39) Stephen Van Evera Realists as Optimists: Cooperation as Self-Help 94(43) Charles L. Glaser PART II: DEMOCRACY AND WAR 137(120) How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace 137(39) John M. Owen Kant or Cant: The Myth of the Democratic Peace 176(45) Christopher Layne Democratization and the Danger of War 221(36) Edward D. Mansfield Jack Snyder PART III: NATIONALISM, ETHNICITY, AND WAR 257(72) Hypotheses on Nationalism and War 257(35) Stephen Van Evera Containing Fear: The Origins and Management of Ethnic Conflict 292(37) David A. Lake Donald Rothchild PART IV: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, WAR, AND PEACE 329(112) The False Promise of International Institutions 329(55) John J. Mearsheimer The Promise of Institutionalist Theory 384(13) Robert O. Keohane Lisa L. Martin The Promise of Collective Security 397(10) Charles A. Kupchan Clifford A. Kupchan The False Premise of Realism 407(9) John Gerard Ruggie Constructing International Politics 416(11) Alexander Wendt A Realist Reply 427(14) John J. Mearsheimer PART V: WAR AND PEACE IN A CHANGING INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM 441 Is War Obsolete? A Review Essay 441(23) Carl Kaysen Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations 464(37) Dale C. Copeland Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases 501(36) Thomas F. Homer-Dixon The Utility of Force in a World of Scarcity 537 John Orme