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The book focuses on “weak” states—those unable to sustain domestic legitimacy and peace—surveying foundations of state legitimacy and explaining why weak states become future theaters of war. It also evaluates what the United Nations can do regarding weak and failed states.","CnmbridSenudiinS  \nInternationalRelationsThe State,War;and theState of WarKalevi J.Holsti  \nWar has traditionally been studied as a problem deriving from therelations between states.Strategic doctrines,arms control agreements,and the foundations of international organizations such as the UnitedNations,are designed to prevent wars between states.Since 1945,however,the incidence of interstate war has actually been decliningrapidly,while the incidence of internal wars has been increasing.Theauthor argues that in order to understand this significant change inhistorical patterns,we should jettison many of the analytical devicesderived from international relations studies and shift attention to theproblems of“weak”states:those states unable to sustain domesticlegitimacy and peace.This book surveys some of the foundations ofstate legitimacy and demonstrates why many weak states will be thelocales of war in the future.Finally,the author asks what the UnitedNations can do about the problems of weak and failed states.  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:51  \n# The state,war,and the state of war\n\nEditorial Board  \nSteve Smith(Managing editor)  \nChristopher Brown Robert W.Cox Anne Deighton  \nRosemary Foot Joseph Grieco Fred Halliday Margot LightAndrew Linklater Richard Little R.B.J.Walker  \nInternational Political Economy  \nRoger Tooze Craig N.Murphy  \nCambridge Studies in International Relations is a joint initiative of Cam-bridge University Press and the British International Studies Associa-tion(BISA).The series will include a wide range of material,fromundergraduate textbooks and surveys to research-based monographsand collaborative volumes.The aim of the series is to publish the bestnew scholarship in International Studies from Europe,North Americaand the rest of the world.  \nCAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  \n51 Kalevi J.HolstiThe state,warand the state of war  \n50 Christopher Clapham  \nAfrica and the international systemThe politics of state survival  \n49 Susan Strange  \nThe retreat of the stateThe diffusion of power  \n48 William I.RobinsonPromoting polyarchyGlobalization,US intervention,and hegemony  \n47 Roger SpegelePolitical realism in international theory  \n46 Thomas J.Biersteker and Cynthia Weber(eds.)State sovereignty as social construct  \n45 Mervyn Frost  \nEthics in international relationsA constitutive theory  \n44 Mark W.Zacher with Brent A.SuttonGoverning global networksInternational regimes for transportation and communications  \n43 Mark NeufeldThe restructuring of international relations theory  \n42 Thomas Risse-Kappen(ed.)  \nBringing transnational relations back in  \nNon-state actors,domestic structures and internationalinstitutions  \n41 Hayward R.Alker  \nRediscoveries and reformulationsHumanistic methodologies for international studies  \n40 Robert W.Cox with TimothyJ.SinclairApproaches to world order  \nSeries list continues after index  \n# The state,war,and the state of war\n\nK.J.Holsti  \nDepartment of Political ScienceUniversity of British Columbia  \nPUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGEThe Pitt Building,Trumpington Street,Cambridge,United Kingdom  \nCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nThe Edinburgh Building,Cambridge CB22RU,UK40 West 20th Street,New York,NY10011-4211,USA  \n477 Williamstown Road,Port Melbourne,VIC 3207,AustraliaRuiz de Alarcón 13,28014 Madrid,SpainDock House,The Waterfront,Cape Town 8001,South Africa  \nhttp://www.cambridge.org  \n◎ Kalevi J.Holsti I996  \nThis book is in copyright.Subject to statutory exceptionand to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,no reproduction of any part may take place withoutthe written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published 1996Reprinted 1997,1998,1999,2001,2004  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress 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