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State Formation and War


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“War made the state and the state made war.” Charles Tilly’s (1975) pithy remark captures an essential sociological and historical truth, as state and war are intimately connected. They become ...

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State Formation and War
in The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Length: 2578 words

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