On The
Causes of War
by Michael Andregg
St. Paul, MN, USA
1997, 1999
Reprinted in Canada: 1998
Winner, National Peacewriting Award: 1999
Translated into Italian: 2003
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An outline of the book chapters can be seen below.
Table of Contents: On the Causes of War
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction
Part I - Background
- The Essence of War and Peace
- Interviews with People Who Have Studied War and Peace
- Brief Review of Relevant Literature
- Relationships Between Genocide and War
- Review of Wars, Genocides and Flashpoints, 1990-1995
- Causation is Complex: Ultimate vs. Proximate Causes, and Triggering Events
- Human Nature, Nurture, Free Will and War
- Two Models: Earthquake, and Three Green Lights
- If Present Trends Continue, the Probability of General War Will Peak Between 1997 –2002, and How Such Estimates May Be Obtained
Part II - Select Causes, How They Work and How to Solve Them
- Competition for Resources, and Inequalities of Wealth Within and Between Nations
- Competition for Power: International and Domestic Politics
- Population Pressure
- Authoritarian Law and Militant Religion
- Corruption of Governance
- Legalism
- Justice, Injustice and Lack of Effective International Conflict Resolution Systems
- Nationalism and Militarism
- Forces of Evil
- Spies, Cults and Secret Power Systems
- Weapons Companies, Military Bureaucracy, Propaganda and Warmongers
- In vs. Out Groups: The Universal Double Standard of Justice
- Ethnicity, Nepotism and Racism
- Historical Grievances, Scapegoating, Demagoguery and “Parallel Realities”
- Revenge
- The Desire to Dominate, and Hubris
- The Desire for Adventure, Honor and Enemies, or Why Many Men Love War
- Greed, Hatred, Repression, Compulsion, Paranoia and Lesser Psychological Factors
- Balances of Power and Equilibria
- The War on “Drugs”
Part III - How to Overcome War, and Survive
- Governance Without Government
- Spirituality Without Churches
- Being a Warrior in the Third Millennium
- The Feminist Revolt and Masculinity
- The Biology of Survival: Economic and Political Consequences
- Freedom is Required; Justice is Desired
- The Body as a Metaphor for Social Organization
Appendix A: A version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma Exercise
useful for teachers
Appendix B: Tables 1, 2, 3, and notes to each.
References
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