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States, Nations, and the Great Powers: The Sources of Regional War and Peace

Benjamin F. Miller

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Regional conflict explained through state-nation balance

This is a strong pick if you like big, serious questions about why some regions keep sliding into conflict while others stabilize. Miller gives you a clear framework that feels more illuminating than abstract, then tests it across the Middle East, Balkans, South America, and Western Europe. Readers who enjoy international relations books often appreciate how it turns sweeping history into a pattern you can actually follow.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780521691611
Date of Publication: 2007-09-24
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 2.0
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Why are some regions prone to war while others remain at peace? What conditions cause regions to move from peace to war and vice versa? This book offers a theoretical explanation for the differences in levels of and transitions between war and peace. The author distinguishes between 'hot' and 'cold' outcomes, depending on the intensity of war or peace, and uses three key concepts—state, nation, and the international system—to argue that the balance between states and nations in different regions determines whether outcomes are hot (war) or warm (peace). The lower the balance, the higher the war-proneness of the region; the higher the balance, the warmer the peace. International-system factors affect only the cold outcomes of cold war and cold peace. The theory is examined through case studies of the post-1945 Middle East, the Balkans, and South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and post-1945 Western Europe. It uses comparative data from all regions and concludes by proposing ideas on how to promote peace in war-torn regions.
 

Regional conflict explained through state-nation balance

This is a strong pick if you like big, serious questions about why some regions keep sliding into conflict while others stabilize. Miller gives you a clear framework that feels more illuminating than abstract, then tests it across the Middle East, Balkans, South America, and Western Europe. Readers who enjoy international relations books often appreciate how it turns sweeping history into a pattern you can actually follow.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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