Book contents
- Why Nations Still Fight
- Why Nations Still Fight
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Boxes
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Questions, Cases, and Coding
- 3 Colonial and Postcolonial Wars
- 4 Divided Nations
- 5 Partitioned Countries
- 6 Rump States
- 7 Regional Rivalries and Proxy Wars
- 8 Ethical Traps
- 9 Great Powers
- 10 Other Categories of War
- 11 Success and Failure
- 12 Miscalculation
- 13 Motives
- 14 When Will They Ever Learn?
- Postscript
- Book part
- Index
14 - When Will They Ever Learn?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2025
Book contents
- Why Nations Still Fight
- Why Nations Still Fight
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Boxes
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Questions, Cases, and Coding
- 3 Colonial and Postcolonial Wars
- 4 Divided Nations
- 5 Partitioned Countries
- 6 Rump States
- 7 Regional Rivalries and Proxy Wars
- 8 Ethical Traps
- 9 Great Powers
- 10 Other Categories of War
- 11 Success and Failure
- 12 Miscalculation
- 13 Motives
- 14 When Will They Ever Learn?
- Postscript
- Book part
- Index
Summary
Reviews the empirical and conceptual findings, makes forecasts about the future likelihood of the use of force in each category of conflict, the role of learning and non-learning in the decline of war, why the great powers are still more committed to the use of force than other states, and the prospects for weaning them from violence.
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- Why Nations Still Fight , pp. 315 - 365Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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