The State, War, and the State of War [Paperback]

The author surveys some of the foundations of state legitimacy and demonstrates why many weak states will be the locales of war in the future.This study explores the sources of bitter, prolonged conflicts that result in immense human tragedies of civilian deaths and mass refugee flows. Arguing that such conflicts are destined to be the wars of the future, it develops ideas about conflict resolution and peace derived from them.This study explores the sources of bitter, prolonged conflicts that result in immense human tragedies of civilian deaths and mass refugee flows. Arguing that such conflicts are destined to be the wars of the future, it develops ideas about conflict resolution and peace derived from them.Why do we have Rwandas, Bosnias, and Somalias? This book explores the sources of such bitter, prolonged conflicts that result in immense human tragedies of civilian deaths and mass refugee flows. The author argues that such conflicts, and not wars between states, are the wars of the future. What can the United Nations and other international institutions do about them? Can organizations designed to manage conflicts between states successfully manage wars whose origins are domestic? The author develops some ideas about conflict resolution and peace derived from such recent experiences of war.Preface; 1. Thinking about war in international politics; 2. Wars of the third kind; 3. The formation of states before 1945; 4. The creation of states since 1945; 5. The strength of states; 6. The perils of the weak: the state-strength dilemma; 7. Wars of the third kind and international politics; 8. Analyzing an anomaly: war, peace, and the state in South America; 9. International responses to the weak state: managing and resolving wars of the third kind; Appendix: major armed conflicts by region and type, 19451995; References; Index. The State, War, and the State of War is an is an intelligent and provocative discussion of the most serious international problem of our tiló