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17.423 Causes and Prevention of War, Spring 2001

dc.contributor.authorVan Evera, Stephenen_US
dc.coverage.temporalSpring 2001en_US
dc.date.issued2001-06
dc.identifier17.423-Spring2001
dc.identifierlocal: 17.423
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-2f465dac95341a49f8b652b3cccb8538
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35803
dc.description.abstractExamines 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.en_US
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dc.rights.uriUsage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license"). The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions.en_US
dc.subjectwaren_US
dc.subjectforeign policyen_US
dc.subjectWorld War Ien_US
dc.subjectWorld War IIen_US
dc.subjectIndochinaen_US
dc.subjectPeloponnesian Waren_US
dc.subjectCrimean Waren_US
dc.subjectSeven Years Waren_US
dc.subjectconflict resolutionen_US
dc.subjectWar, Causes ofen_US
dc.title17.423 Causes and Prevention of War, Spring 2001en_US
dc.title.alternativeCauses and Prevention of Waren_US


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