The causes of war and the conditions of peace

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 139-165

  Levy, Jack S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance of power theory; Diversionary theory; Interdependence and war; Levels of analysis; Power transition theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012318559     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.1.1.139     Document Type: Review

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