Order within Anarchy

James D. Morrow is A. F. K. Organski Collegiate Professor of World Politics and Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan. He previously taught at the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Stanford University, the University of Rochester and Michigan State University. He is the author of Game Theory for Political Scientists, co-author of The Logic of Political Survival, and author of more than sixty articles in refereed journals and other publications. He was president of the Peace Science Society (International) in 2008–9. Morrow received the Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association in 1994 and has been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution and an Advanced Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies for the Social Science Research Council.

'Inspired by game theory, Order within Anarchy persuasively argues that international law restrains violence on the battlefield by fostering mutual expectations. Cutting across lines of cleavage in international relations theory, and using a full panoply of research methods, Morrow shows in compelling fashion when and how law can be effective in regulating self-interested behavior, even under the most challenging conditions.' David A. Lake, Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego

• 1. Introduction; 2. Common conjectures, norms, and identities; 3. The laws of war in their strategic context; 4. Modeling minutia; 5. Patterns of compliance with the laws of war during the twentieth century; 6. Statistical gore; 7. Spoilt darlings? Treatment of prisoners of war during the World Wars; 8. Assessing variation across issues: aerial bombing, chemical weapons, treatment of civilians, and conduct on the high seas; 9. Dynamics of common conjectures: the rational evolution of norms; 10. Conclusion: current issues and policy insights.