Honor, Deterrence, and Peace
Power Problems
Thucydides' Million Dialogue
The Athenians have become the Persians they've become so to speak the Nazis of their day. They're no longer in the community of Greek states they've descended to the level of a psychopath as a pathology here. In another book that you published Why Nations Fight you look at the motivations behind the initiation of 94 different wars fought between 1648 and 2003. Only 19 of 94 of these wars appear to have been motivated by security in whole or in part, while 58 percent was standing or status.
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