Review "Along the way are examples from recent history that may surprise the reader. At the very least, every member of Congress and the State Department should study this report." (Book News Inc, November 2010) Review "A very impressive book. The most systematic, thorough, and informative review of contemporary scientific theories on the causes of war in print. Highly recommen...(展开全部)

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins of both interstate and civil wars. Utilizes historical examples to illustrate individual theories throughout Includes an analysis of theories of civil wars as well as interstate wars -- one of the only texts to do both Written by two ...(展开全部)

Review "Along the way are examples from recent history that may surprise the reader. At the very least, every member of Congress and the State Department should study this report." (Book News Inc, November 2010) Review "A very impressive book. The most systematic, thorough, and informative review of contemporary scientific theories on the causes of war in print. Highly recommen...(展开全部)

What causes war? How can military conflicts best be prevented? A prominent political scientist here addresses these questions, offering ideas that will be widely debated. Stephen Van Evera frames five conditions that increase the risk of interstate war: false optimism about the likely outcome of a war, a first-strike advantage, fluctuation in the relative power of states, circu...(展开全部)

阿伦•贝克 （Aaron T. Beck） 著名的心理学家，宾夕法尼亚大学精神病学名誉教授，认知治疗学派的创立者，被誉为“美国有史以来最具影响力的五位心理治疗师之一”。贝克观察到抑郁的人具有错误或扭曲的思维模式，由此开创了区别于弗洛伊德精神分析法的认知疗法，用纠正“认知信念歪曲”的方法治疗抑郁症，获得了广泛的认同及应用。他还创办了贝克认知治疗与研究学院，将认知疗法广泛应用于抑郁、焦虑、药物滥用等临床治疗中，并开发了包括“贝克抑郁量表”在内的多种应用广泛的心理测量量表。贝克教授获得的奖项和荣誉众多，包括素有“美国的诺贝尔奖”之称的基础医学研究“亚伯雷斯克奖”（Albert Lasker Award），著述了17本书和500多种其他出版物。 布拉德•奥尔福德 （Brad A. Alford） 斯克兰顿大学心理学教授，与阿伦•贝克合著多篇关于抑郁症和认知疗...(展开全部)

First published in 1980, Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely heralded as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an authoritative restatement of natural law doctrine. It has offered generations of students and other readers a thorough grounding in the central issues of legal, moral, and political philosophy from Finnis's distinctive perspective. This new edi...(展开全部)

This book confronts moral skepticism by using contemporary analytical tools to provide basic accounts of values and principles, community and "common good," justice and human rights, authority, law, the varieties of obligation, unjust law, and the question of divine authority. Finnis deals with both classical accounts and modern critiques, developments in law, and arguments am...(展开全部)

First published in 1980, Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely heralded as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an authoritative restatement of natural law doctrine. It has offered generations of students and other readers a thorough grounding in the central issues of legal, moral, and political philosophy from Finnis's distinctive perspective. This new edi...(展开全部)