International Norms and the Resort to War
This book constitutes an extremely valuable contribution to the field. It significantly adds to the body of literature concerning the motivating factors underpinning the decisions by policy makers to resort to or refrain from the use of armed force.-
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International Norms and the Resort to War
Gregory A. Raymond
International Norms and the Resort to War
Gregory A. Raymond Department of Political Science Boise State University Boise, ID, USA
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Preface
Located near a tributary of the Usumacinta River in Chiapas, Mexico are the ruins of the ancient Maya city-state of Bonampak. During its classical period (300–900 CE), Maya civilization consisted of approximately 60 independent city-states scattered across an area of some 100,000 square miles. In addition to being linked by ties of language, religion, and trade, some of these city-states were joined by a network of stone roads, inter-elite marriages, and joint dynastic ceremonies. Yet, despite all of their connections, Maya city-states never united under a single government; instead, they relentlessly struggled with one another for supremacy. Rising majestically from the south end of Bonampak’s central plaza is a terraced acropolis, which contains a small temple with vivid narrative murals adorning the walls of its three interior chambers. The murals in the middle chamber depict events from a ferocious battle, during which King Chan Muwan and his warriors brutally subdue a neighboring state. Although these murals and the carved stone lintel above the chamber entrance graphically portray the mayhem of pre-Columbian combat, it would be wrong
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