Transmitting an understanding of warfare from World War I to the present, WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR, a unique book and a product of reflection by author, John G. Stoessinger, is built around ten case studies, culminating in the new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the wars between Arabs and Israelis in Gaza and in Lebanon. The distinguishing feature of the book remains the author's emphasis on the pivotal role of the personalities of leaders who take their nations, or their following, across the threshold into war.
- ISBN10 0495097071
- ISBN13 9780495097075
- Publish Date 23 January 2007 (first published 1 January 1982)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Edition 10th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400
- Language English