**“Why We Fight reflects Blattman’s expertise in economics, political science, and history… Blattman is a great storyteller, with important insights for us all.” —Richard H. Thaler, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and coauthor of Nudge“Engaging and profound, this deeply searching book explains the true origins of warfare, and it illustrates the ways that, despite some contrary appearances, human beings are capable of great goodness.”—Nichol...

Amazon 年度選書戰爭是例外，和平與妥協才是常態；但如果我們在意繁榮、平等與正義，就必須關心戰爭。研究全球暴力衝突的頂尖專家、芝加哥大學教授布拉特曼，運用賽局理論和社會心理學觀點，精采剖析了戰爭的根源，以及通往和平之路。布拉特曼從幫派械鬥、內戰的角度切入，再談到國家之間的戰爭，他歸納出引發戰爭的五大根源：不受約制的領導人與私利、追求榮耀與意識型態的無形誘因、對於相對實力與詐唬能力的不確定性、欠缺互信基礎的承諾、以及錯誤感知（過度自信、錯誤投射、錯誤解讀）。布拉特曼旁徵博引許多歷史事件與國際案例，告訴我們如何辨識這五大戰爭邏輯，並提出四種方式來反制這五種崩解：一、維繫經濟上、社會上、文化上的相互依存關係。二、發展多中心式的制衡力量。三、建立規則制訂與執行機制，來協助各...

Warum führen Menschen Krieg gegeneinander? Was lässt sich dafür tun, dass sie ihre Rivalitäten friedlich austragen? Und wenn es doch zu einem gewaltsamen Konflikt gekommen ist – welche Auswege gibt es? Mit diesen Fragen setzt sich Christopher Blattman auseinander. Er hat Kriege und Bürgerkriege untersucht, sich mit Drogenkartellen, Straßengangs, Fußballhooligans, Mafiaorganisationen und Fanatikern beschäftigt.Sein Buch ist die Summe jahrzehntelanger Forschungen sowie praktischer Erf...

A seasoned peacebuilder and acclaimed expert on violence explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war and how to interrupt that deadly processIt’s easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It’s also easy to forget that war shouldn’t happen—and most of the time it doesn’t. Around the world, there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only a fraction erupt in...

The Lord's Resistance Army is Africa's most persistent and notorious 'terrorist' group. Led by the mysterious Joseph Kony, it has committed a series of horrific human rights abuses, including massacres and mutilations. Since the mid 1980s, it has abducted tens of thousands of people, including large numbers of children forced to train as fighters. The IC in 2005 issued warrants for Kony and his top commanders, and the United States is backing a military campaign against the group. But the ...