POSC 371- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)

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Individual level- man is an aggressive animal, psychological tests. Domestic level- all types of states have fought wars. Kenneth waltz theory of international politics 1979 (cid:149) (cid:149) (cid:149) (cid:149) States want at a minimum to survive, at a maximum world domination. The war occurred because a bush was president. The war occurred because a democrat was president. The twenty years" crisis, 1919: an introduction to the study of international. Failure of league of nations due to inability to take into account power and interest. Hans morgenthau, politics among nations: the struggle for power and peace. Attempts at universal domination will be met by an opposing coalition (cid:149) Danger is when a rising power emerges (cid:149) (cid:149) If you have a hegemon , there is peace because no one will want to fight them. Other internal characteristics of states do not matter. States that two conflicting powers required a winner. Right to go to war v. right conduct in war.