How do wars end?

Readings

Required

For day one:

Skim these:

• “Why Sherman was right to burn Atlanta”

• “The Confederates who should have hanged”

These are non-academic, but still interesting Take them with a grain of salt! They have many issues. But: I want to discuss the overall idea.

For day two:

•  (Luttwak 1999)

•  (Tepperman 2002)

Recommended

•  (Atran and Axelrod 2008)

Slides

• Day one slides

• Day two slides

References

Atran, Scott, and Robert Axelrod. 2008. “Reframing Sacred Values.” Negotiation Journal 24 (3): 221–46.

Luttwak, Edward N. 1999. “Give War a Chance.” Foreign Aff. 78: 36.

Tepperman, Jonathan D. 2002. “Truth and Consequences.” Foreign Aff. 81: 128.