17.423 Causes and Prevention of War, Spring 2001
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Author(s)
Van Evera, Stephen
Alternative Title
Causes and Prevention of War
Date Issued
June 2001
Abstract
Examines the causes of war, with a focus on practical measures to prevent and control war. Topics covered include: causes and consequences of national misperception; military strategy and policy as cause of war; US foreign policy as a cause of war and peace; and the likelihood and possible nature of another world war. Historical cases are examined, including World War I, World War II, Korea, and Indochina. From the course home page: Course Description Course topic: the causes and prevention of interstate war. Course goal: discovering and assessing means to prevent or control war. Hence we focus on manipulable or controllable war-causes. Covered topics include the dilemmas, misperceptions, crimes and blunders that caused wars of the past; the origins of these and other war-causes; the possible causes of wars of the future; and possible means to prevent such wars, including short-term policy steps and more utopian schemes. Covered historical cases include World War I, World War II, Korea, Indochina, and the Peloponnesian, Crimean and Seven Years wars.
Subjects
war
foreign policy
World War I
World War II
Indochina
Peloponnesian War
Crimean War
Seven Years War
conflict resolution
War, Causes of
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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