Man, The State, - And War: A Theoretical Analysis

Kenneth Waltz's "Man, the State, and War" (1959) analyzes the causes of conflict through three distinct levels: individual human nature, the internal structure of states, and the anarchic international system. Waltz argues that while the first two levels provide immediate reasons for conflict, the anarchic systemic level serves as the "permissive cause" that makes war a persistent international phenomenon. A summary of the book's core arguments is available via BeFreed .

Waltz, Kenneth, N. (2001): Man, the State and War ... - IS MUNI Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis