The War Studies as a Scientific Way to Understand the Causes of War Cover Image

Bilimsel Yöntemlerle Savaşın Nedenlerini Açıklama Yolu Olarak Savaş Çalışmaları Disiplini
The War Studies as a Scientific Way to Understand the Causes of War

Author(s): Öner Akgül
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Atatürk Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü
Keywords: War Studies; Causes of War; Quantitative Methods; Level of Analysis; Conflict

Summary/Abstract: This study was prepared with the purpose of presenting information on the methods, findings and basics of the war studies discipline, which is standing out of the traditional theories of international relations by accepting behaviorist methods. In this regard, the context of discipline, its historical background, methods and levels of analysis were explained in an integrity in order to bring into Turkish scholars. The scholars in war studies field aimed to access predictable results by examining each step of the wars such as conditioners, onset, evolution, duration and termination. As a consequence, the war studies findings gained importance thanks to its cumulative knowledge. In this context it can be assessed that the war studies field is a rising subsection within international relations scholars.

  • Issue Year: 12/2016
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 1-34
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Turkish