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Why We Don’t Fight: A Review Article
Lionel Beehner reviews Christopher Blattman’s Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. He applauds the author for breaking down the various schools of thought in the international relations discipline explaining war onset but argues the author’s analysis neglects important qualitative factors, as well as recent technological innovations, to explain “why we fight.”
Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias, Stephen Biddle Reviewed by Lionel Beehner
The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World, Séverine Autesserre Reviewed by Lionel Beehner
The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace, Oscar Jonsson Reviewed by Lionel Beehner
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