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As an undergraduate student I was drawn to the study of international relations because of a concern with war. I have already outlined the sources of this fascination in the biography section, but will add only that while interested with the various approaches to the study of armed conflicts, I noted in them an important lacuna: what were the issues—the interests, stakes, values, beliefs, and fears—that drove men (generically speaking) to put at risk thousands and even millions of lives?
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Holsti, K. (2016). Introduction to Section on War. In: Kalevi Holsti: Major Texts on War, the State, Peace, and International Order. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28818-5_1
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