Good Fences, Bad Neighbors
Border Fixity and International Conflict
- Contents
- Review Quotes
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List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 ∙ The Theory and Practice of Borders
2 ∙ Which Wars Make the State and Which States Make War
3 ∙ Preconditions to State Building: Making the Case for Comparison
4 ∙ State Building and State Weakness before Border Fixity: Brandenburg-Prussia, Argentina, and Poland-Lithuania
5 ∙ State Building and State Failure in a Fixed-Borders World: Lebanon, Congo, and Israel
6 ∙ State Weakness and International Conflict in a Fixed-Borders World
7 ∙ Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Mershon Center, Ohio State University: Edgar S. Furniss Book Award
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Political Science: Comparative Politics | Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Relations
Sociology: General Sociology
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