Diablo Valley College Political Science Origins of Major Power Wars Research Paper

Choose one topic from below:

1. Explain how the security dilemma logic explains major power behavior in WW1

2. Explain the origins of major power wars

3. Provide a structural explanation of any major powers behavior in WW1

4. Why did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand present Austria with a survival threat?

5. Provide a structural explanation of Europe’s long cycle of war

6. Explain the role of combat compliance in explaining the outcome of war

Citation: Please do not use outside source. Please add at least 5 citations.

Using readings below:

1. Fromkin, David. Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? Vintage Books. 2005.

2. Andrade, Tonio. The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. Princeton University Press. 2016.

3. Kindsvatter, Peter S. American Soldiers: ground combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. University Press of Kansas. 2003.