'This is a book that students of international relations at all levels will want to consider adding to their shelves. The authors provide an excellent synthesis of what quantitative research - particularly the Correlates of War Project - has learned. Indeed, anyone who wonders at the contribution of the scientific study of war to international relations will benefit from reading Nations at War.' Political Science Quarterly

• Introduction; 1. Overview; 2. Decision models; 3. War-prone states; 4. War-prone dyads; 5. War-prone regions; 6. War-prone systems; 7. Case study: Iran/Iraq War (1980); 8. Case study: World War I (1914); 9. Conclusion; Appendices.

'This is a book that students of international relations at all levels will want to consider adding to their shelves. The authors provide an excellent synthesis of what quantitative research - particularly the Correlates of War Project - has learned. Indeed, anyone who wonders at the contribution of the scientific study of war to international relations will benefit from reading Nations at War.' Political Science Quarterly

• Introduction; 1. Overview; 2. Decision models; 3. War-prone states; 4. War-prone dyads; 5. War-prone regions; 6. War-prone systems; 7. Case study: Iran/Iraq War (1980); 8. Case study: World War I (1914); 9. Conclusion; Appendices.

'This is a book that students of international relations at all levels will want to consider adding to their shelves. The authors provide an excellent synthesis of what quantitative research - particularly the Correlates of War Project - has learned. Indeed, anyone who wonders at the contribution of the scientific study of war to international relations will benefit from reading Nations at War.' Political Science Quarterly

• Introduction; 1. Overview; 2. Decision models; 3. War-prone states; 4. War-prone dyads; 5. War-prone regions; 6. War-prone systems; 7. Case study: Iran/Iraq War (1980); 8. Case study: World War I (1914); 9. Conclusion; Appendices.