Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Figures

pp ix-x

Tables

pp xi-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiv

Acknowledgments

pp xv-xviii

Part I - Puzzle and Argument

pp 1-2

1 - Overview

pp 3-18

2 - Classical Bellicist Theory

pp 19-49

3 - Blood and Debt in Europe and Latin America

pp 50-78

Part II - Region-Wide Analyses

pp 79-80

4 - Preparation for War and Mobilization

pp 81-95

5 - War Outcomes and State Building

pp 96-122

6 - The State Capacity Ranking c. 1900

pp 123-138

Part III - Case Studies

pp 139-140

7 - War and the State in the River Plate

pp 141-184

8 - War and the State in the Pacific

pp 185-222

9 - War and the State in Mexico and Central America

pp 223-262

10 - Conclusion

pp 263-272

References

pp 273-302

Index

pp 303-308