TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Benjamin TI - States, nations, and the great powers: the sources of regional war and peace SN - 9780521871228 (hbk.) U1 - 327 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - International relations KW - World politics KW - 1945-1989 KW - 1989- N1 - Why some regions are peaceful and others are not -- A theory of regional war and peace -- States, nations and war -- Explaining the war proneness of the Middle East -- The great powers and war and peace in the Middle East -- War and peace in the Balkans: states, nations, and great powers -- The state-to-nation balance and the emergence of peace in South America during the twentieth century -- The emergence of high level-peace in post-1945 Western Europe: nationalism, democracy, hegemony, and regional integration ER -