What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related pr...(展开全部)

What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related pr...(展开全部)

The Seven Years’ War, often called the first global war, spanned North America, the West Indies, Europe, and India. In these locations diseases such as scurvy, smallpox, and yellow fever killed far more than combat did, stretching the resources of European states. In Disease, War, and the Imperial State, Erica Charters demonstrates how disease played a vital role in shaping st...(展开全部)

穆雷·N. 罗斯巴德（Murray N. Rothbard，1926—1995），当代奥地利学派经济学的代表人物之一，在“二战”后奥地利学派的复兴中扮演了主要角色。著有《人、经济与国家》、《权力与市场》、《美国大萧条》、《自由的伦理》、《为什么我们的钱变薄了》等。

约瑟夫·熊彼特(1883-1950)，20世纪最具影响力的经济学家之一。生于奥地利，后移民美国，并一直在哈佛大学任教。熊彼特在经济纯理论、经济周期理论、经济学方法论、计量经济学、马克思主义经济学、经济史、经济思想史等领域都做出了重要贡献。著有《经济发展理论》《经济周期理论》《十位伟大的经济学家 : 从马克思到凯恩斯》《资本主义、社会主义和民主》等作品，被誉为“现代创新理论之父”和“企业家理论之父”。