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    Understanding War and Peace

    2nd Edition

    Author(s): Edited by Dan Reiter

    ISBN: 9781009125031
    Publication Date: 20/7/2023
    Pages: 450
    Format: Paperback
    Sale price£34.99 GBP

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    Written for undergraduate students studying the politics of conflict and cooperation, Understanding War and Peace considers the roots of global conflicts and the various means used to resolve them. Edited by Dan Reiter with contributing authors who are all leading scholars in the field, it balances approachable, engaging writing with a conceptually rigorous overview of the most important ideas in conflict studies. Focusing on concepts, policy, and historical applications, the text minimizes literature reviews and technical jargon to engagingly present all major topics in international conflict, including nuclear weapons, peacekeeping, terrorism, gender, alliances, nuclear weapons, environment and conflict, civil wars, public opinion. Enriching the textbook pedagogy, each chapter concludes with a summary of a published quantitative study to introduce students with no prior quantitative training to quantitative analysis. Online resources for instructors include an instructor manual, a test bank and contemporary case studies for each chapter topic regarding the conflict in Ukraine.

    • Authored by leading scholars in the field covering all topics typically found in IR courses
    • Includes quantitative cases studies for each chapter to introduce students to quantitative analysis, a growing part of IR studies other textbooks don't often address
    • Minimizes literature reviews and technical jargon to make accessible to lower undergraduate students