Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Theory and Practice of Borders 10
8. 2. Which Wars Make the State and Which States Make War 31
9. 3. Preconditions to State Building: Making the Case for Comparison 57
10. 4. State Building and State Weakness before Border Fixity: Brandenburg-Prussia, Argentina, and Poland-Lithuania 73
11. 5. State Building and State Failure in a Fixed-Borders World: Lebanon, Congo, and Israel 118
12. 6. State Weakness and International Conflict in a Fixed-Borders World 163
13. 7. Conclusions 194
14. Notes 223
15. Bibliography 263
16. Index 281