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Christopher Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago, where he coleads the Development Economics Center and directs the Obama Foundation Scholars program. His work on violence, crime, and poverty has been widely covered by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, Slate, Vox, and NPR.

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	Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace 3.92 avg rating — 873 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lord's Resistance Army: Myth and Reality by Tim Allen (Editor), Koen Vlassenroot (Editor), Adam Branch (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“As we walk through failure after failure, it will be easy to forget the core message so far: war is the exception, not the rule. Amid all this misery, however, try not to lose sight of the world’s robust constitution, the tools at hand, and the pull of peace.”
― Christopher Blattman, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace

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“Unchecked interests, for instance, recognize the importance of a group’s internal politics, especially that rulers often pursue riches and glory against the interests of their society.”
― Christopher Blattman, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace

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“Each of the five logics eliminates the incentives for compromise in a distinct way. This first is unchecked interests. The costs of war are the main incentive for peace, but when the people who decide on war aren’t accountable to the others in their group, they can ignore some of the costs and agony of fighting. These leaders will take their group to war too frequently. Sometimes they expect to gain personally from conflict, and so they’re enticed to start fights. Unchecked rulers like these are one of the greatest drivers of conflict in history.”
― Christopher Blattman, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace

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