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Causes of War – articles

Adams, Karen Ruth. The Causes of War.

http://cas.umt.edu/facultydatabase/FILES_Faculty/694/Adams,_Causes_of_War,_Intl_Studies_Encyclopedia_2010_-_to_circulate.pdf

Amonson, Kyle. Causes of War: A Theory Analysis.

https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/causes-war-theory-analysis

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/war/The-causes-of-war

Goodman, Paul. The 8 Main Reasons for War.

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Main-Reasons-For-War

Kenney, W. The Causes of War.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080349152500081

Levy, Jack S. The Causes of War And The Conditions Of Peace.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.polisci.1.1.139

Levy, Jack S. and Thompson, William R. Causes of War.

http://slantchev.ucsd.edu/courses/ps143a/readings/Levy%20&%20Thompson%20-%20Causes%20of%20War.pdf

Rummel, R.S. Causes and Conditions Of International Conflict and War .

https://hawaii.edu/powerkills/WPP.CHAP16.HTM

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. War.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/

van der Dennen, Johan M.G. On War: Definitions.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/12857871.pdf