POL SCI 126 Lecture 8: Lecture 2_5_2019
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Causes of war: problems with popular explanations, causes of war, decision to go to war, honor, reputation. Sometimes states fight wars they do not think they can win because they can earn honor and reputation. They feel that the national honor is at state. Russia felt that if it backed out it wouldn"t be respected. If they can inflict costs maybe they won"t try it again. Finland 1940 - couldn"t defeat soviet union and it was over a little bit of territory but the fins worked so hard and inflicted so much costs that. The state which is the object of war can choose to surrender without fighting or it can acquire an ally. Even though war is costly according to vonclosavek war is just another means of resolving disputes between states. **essay questions will be taken from the study questions you get 2 choices for essay question and you pick one.
