Why We Fight
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An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains
the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to
interrupt that deadly process. It's easy to overlook the underlying
strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors,
accidents, and emotions gone awry. It's also easy to forget that
war shouldn't happen-and most of the time it doesn't.Around the
world there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only a tiny
fraction erupt into violence. Too many accounts of conflict forget
this.With a counterintuitive approach, Blattman reminds us that
most rivals loathe one another in peace. That's because war is too
costly to fight.Enemies almost always find it better to split the
pie than spoil it or struggle over thin slices. So, in those rare
instances when fighting ensues, we should ask: what kept rivals
from compromise?Why We Fight draws on decades of economics,
political science, psychology, and real-world interventions to lay
out the root causes and remedies for war, showing that violence is
not the norm, that there are only five reasons why conflict wins
over compromise, and how peacemakers turn the tides through
tinkering, not transformation.From warring states to street gangs,
ethnic groups and religious sects to political factions, there are
common dynamics to heed and lessons to learn. Along the way, we
meet vainglorious European monarchs, African dictators, Indian
mobs, Nazi pilots, British football hooligans, ancient Greeks, and
fanatical Americans.What of remedies that shift incentives away
from violence and get parties back to deal-making? Societies are
surprisingly good at interrupting and ending violence when they
want to-even the gangs of Medellin, Columbia do it.Realistic and
optimistic, this is book that lends new meaning to the old adage,
",Give peace a chance.",
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Viking ,
Blattman Christopher
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Viking,
Blattman Christopher
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Penguin Books
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Penguin Books
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