Jack S. Levy is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. He is a former President of the International Studies Association (2007-8) and of the Peace Science Society (2005-6). His research focuses on the causes of war and on foreign policy decision-making.
William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science at Indiana University and Managing Editor of International Studies Quarterly. He is a former President of the International Studies Association (2005-6). His ongoing research focuses on conflict and long-term international political economy.

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of Warprovides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theoriesrelating to the origins of both interstate and civil wars.
* Utilizes historical examples to illustrate individual theoriesthroughout
* Includes an analysis of theories of civil wars as well asinterstate wars -- one of the only texts to do both
* Written by two former International Studies AssociationPresidents