War and the State : The Theory of International Politics.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. The Theory of International Politics -- Theories, Arguments, and Explanations -- Offensive Realism -- Defensive Realism -- Structural Realism -- Anarchy and War -- Hierarchy and Peace -- Realism's Competitors -- Generic Realism -- 2. Reason of State -- Classical Realism, Social Norms, and Raison d'État -- The State of Nature -- The Prince -- A World of Leviathans -- The Market -- Recurring War, Perpetual Peace -- From Raison d'État to Realism -- 3. Violence, Organization, and War -- Bargaining -- Bargaining and the Use of Force -- The Protection Business -- The Social Contract -- Anarchy and Hierarchy Reconsidered -- The Global Constitution -- Peace and the State -- 4. Bargaining and War -- Warring Predators -- Let's Make a Deal -- Bargaining and Fighting -- Bargaining, War, and Alliances -- Bargaining, War, and the Balance of Power -- Bargaining and the Recurrence of War -- 5. Enforcing Agreements -- The Struggle for Power -- Incentives to Attack First -- Bargaining over the Distribution of Power -- 6. A World of Commonwealths -- Taming Predators -- A Mixed World -- Domestic and International Politics -- Writing the Global Constitution: Top-down or Bottom-up? -- 7. Summing Up -- References -- Index.

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