LEADER 03537nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910822021603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-7000-5 010 $a0-8014-7001-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801470011 035 $a(CKB)2670000000417880 035 $a(OCoLC)604992264 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10742468 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11568875 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11032685 035 $a(PQKB)10325412 035 $a(DE-B1597)481697 035 $a(OCoLC)987921623 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801470011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138512 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000417880 100 $a19951005d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRevolution and war /$fStephen M. Walt 210 $aIthaca, NY $cCornell University Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (381 p.) 225 0$aCornell studies in security affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-52326-6 311 0 $a0-8014-8297-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction --$t2. A Theory of Revolution and War --$t3. The French Revolution --$t4. The Russian Revolution --$t5. The Iranian Revolution --$t6. The American, Mexican, Turkish, and Chinese Revolutions --$t7. Conclusion --$tIndex 330 $aRevolution within a state almost invariably leads to intense security competition between states, and often to war. In Revolution and War, Stephen M. Walt explains why this is so, and suggests how the risk of conflicts brought on by domestic upheaval might be reduced in the future. In doing so, he explores one of the basic questions of international relations: What are the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy? Walt begins by exposing the flaws in existing theories about the relationship between revolution and war. Drawing on the theoretical literature about revolution and the realist perspective on international politics, he argues that revolutions cause wars by altering the balance of threats between a revolutionary state and its rivals. Each state sees the other as both a looming danger and a vulnerable adversary, making war seem both necessary and attractive. Walt traces the dynamics of this argument through detailed studies of the French, Russian, and Iranian revolutions, and through briefer treatment of the American, Mexican, Turkish, and Chinese cases. He also considers the experience of the Soviet Union, whose revolutionary transformation led to conflict within the former Soviet empire but not with the outside world. An important refinement of realist approaches to international politics, this book unites the study of revolution with scholarship on the causes of war. 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aRevolutions$xHistory 606 $aWar 606 $aRevolutions$xPhilosophy 606 $aPolitics and war 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aRevolutions$xHistory. 615 0$aWar. 615 0$aRevolutions$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPolitics and war. 676 $a303.6/4 700 $aWalt$b Stephen M.$f1955-$0605894 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822021603321 996 $aRevolution and War$94065299 997 $aUNINA