Causes and Prevention of War | Political Science | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Instructor

Prof. Stephen Van Evera

Departments

Political Science

As Taught In

Spring 2018

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Humanities
- History
  - Military History
Social Science
- Political Science
  - International Relations
- Public Administration
  - Military Studies
  - Security Studies

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17.42_S18 Lecture 10: Great Wars of European History, 1740–

17.42_S18 Lecture 10: The Anglo-French Seven Years' War

17.42_S18 Lecture 12-14: The Austro-Prussian War of 1866 / The Franco-Prussian War of 1870

17.42_S18 Lecture 19: The Causes of Intense War

17.42_S18 Lecture 19: Weapons of Mass Destruction and World Politics

17.42_S18 Lecture 20-21: The Cold War and Korea

17.42_S18 Lecture 22: Causes of / Solutions to the Israel-Arab Conflict

17.42_S18 Lecture 24: The Peloponnesian War

17.42_S18 Lecture1: CourseOverview

17.42_S18 Lectures 12 - 14: The Origins of the First World War, Part I

17.42_S18 Lectures 12-14: The Origins of World War I, Part II

17.42_S18 Lectures 15-18_Causes of the Holocaust

17.42_S18 Lectures 15-18: The Origins of the Second World War

17.42_S18 Lectures 2 and 3: Military Power and the Causes of War

17.42_S18 Lectures 25-26: The Future of War and Solutions to War

17.42_S18 Lectures 4-7: National Misperceptions

17.42_S18 Lectures 4-7: Spiral Model vs Deterrence Model

17.42_S18 Lectures 4-7: Three Types of Spirals

17.42_S18 Lectures 8 and 9: More Causes of War and Peace

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Stephen Van Evera

Departments

Political Science

As Taught In

Spring 2018

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

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Exams

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