Table of Contents

Part 1 Liberalism and international order: the reconfiguration of global political space; anti-militarism and civil society; political economy; self-determination; the "german question". Part 2 Liberalism and foreign policy: British and german liberalism, pacifism and the road to the First World War; South Africa and the troubled relationship between liberal states and peace.

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This study looks at the question: "Why do liberal states make war?". Case studies of major conflicts of this century are used, including World War I, the Suez war and the Vietnam war. The author attempts to explain the contradiction between liberalism and statism/nationalism.