Conflict After the Cold War

Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Richard Betts' Conflict After the Cold War assembles classic and contemporary readings on enduring problems of international security. Offering broad historical and philosophical breadth, the carefully chosen and excerpted selections help students engage key debates over the future of war and the new forms that violent conflict will take. This reader encourages closer scrutiny of the political, economic, social, and military factors that drive war and peace. With updated, original introductions to the book and all 10 major parts; a new section on "Threat Assessment and Misjudgment," and 12 new readings.