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Roundtable 4-3 on Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics

October 15, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

Yuan-kang Wang’s Harmony and War challenges claims of   Chinese exceptionalism and Confucian pacifism. Kirk Larsen, Peter Perdue, Morris Rossabi, and John Wills – all of whom are prominent historians of China – agree with Wang’s refutation of Chinese pacifism, though they dispute his championing of structural realism.        

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Roundtable 4-2 on A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism

October 10, 2012September 28, 2015 By ISSF editor

Daniel Byman’s A High Price straddles two literatures: that on Israeli military and security history, and that on the burgeoning field of counterterrorism studies. On the whole, one should say, it draws on the former to inform the latter, which explains some of the reviewers’ reaction to it. It is of interest that counterinsurgency, as…

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Reply to Author’s Response to Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War

October 2, 2012February 2, 2017 By Richard Ned Lebow

Let me start by reiterating my enthusiasm from Prof. Harvey’s book and the skillful way in which he uses counterfactuals to expose and challenge the political assumptions that guide most liberal studies of the Iraq War. He does an effective job of demolishing the “neocon” thesis by demonstrating that there was wider opposition to Saddam…

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Author’s Response to Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War

September 28, 2012February 2, 2017 By Frank P. Harvey

Richard Ned Lebow admits, in his very insightful review of my book on the Iraq war, that his initial reaction was to scoff at my counterfactual about an Al Gore presidency taking the same path to war, “until (he) read the book.” I suspect anyone who takes the time to read the book will recognize…

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Review Essay 12 on Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity

September 20, 2012February 2, 2017 By Stuart J. Kaufman

Fanar Haddad has written a valuable book on the controversial issue of sectarianism in Iraq. Haddad’s main concern is to combat two opposing oversimplifications that too often dominate discussions of the subject. On the one hand, those promoting Iraqi nationalism promote the myth that ‘we are all brothers’—in other words, that sectarianism is not really…

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Review Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence

September 7, 2012February 2, 2017 By Richard Ned Lebow

Frank Harvey is to be congratulated for producing an exemplary book. It makes sophisticated use of counterfactual argumentation to challenge the conventional wisdom about the causes of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. For methodological and substantive reasons it should be read by everyone with an interest in foreign policy. Any assertion of cause implies that,…

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Roundtable 4-1 on The Cold War and After: History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics

September 3, 2012December 24, 2020 By H-Diplo

The relations between the disciplines of history and political science have always been both close and, partly for that reason, contested.   Political science grew in part out of history, which led its practitioners to be both deeply imbued with historical knowledge and to need to differentiate themselves from the study of history. Until about…

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Roundtable 3-19 on How Wars End

August 1, 2012September 28, 2015 By H-Diplo

Historians and political scientists alike should appreciate Dan Reiter’s How Wars End. It eschews statistical analysis for comparative case-studies because the answers are “complex and nuanced” (6) and defers formal proofs for plain-language explanations. The six empirical chapters are based on case-specific puzzles rather than theory-driven questions. The three reviewers—Dale Copeland, Hein Goemans, and Zachary…

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Review Essay 10 on Cutting a Fuse, not the Fuse!

July 31, 2012February 2, 2017 By James M. Lutz

Robert Pape and James Feldman in Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It build on Pape’s earlier work, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.[1] This volume is designed to further develop the earlier argument in Dying to Win that the occurrence of suicide terrorism is…

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Review Essay 9 on The Clash of Ideas in World Politics

July 27, 2012February 2, 2017 By Mark L. Haas

The Clash of Ideas in World Politics is an excellent book. It possesses a persuasive, detailed argument and compelling case study evidence that spans 500 years of diplomatic history. It will be of enduring interest to analysts of international relations. The book has numerous strengths, though three in particular stand out. First, the book reveals…

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