Kenneth N. Waltz's Three Images Of War

Scholars are looking at directions or “levels” to emphasize the causal of wars and/or the events that happen in the history which scholar of International Relation can predict future wars by making theories or hypothesis, so students and educators can understand why events and wars occur around the Globe. The scholars of International Relations (IR) are making it easier to explain every part of the systemic levels of analysis works, there is no right or wrong, or true or false explanations. It gives us and other academics a visible perspective understanding all three “Images of War” that Kenneth N. Waltz is analyzing in his book about the levels of analysis; individuality, state, and international system is anarchic which causes and effect the entire international globe. In this essay will contain some factual ideas throughout, describing each level why war happens, but in some areas it is hard to explain. …show more content…
Waltz book called Man, the State and War, in to three levels of analysis. Scholar use the First Image: Human nature and the behavior of man, the meaning by this is on the individual level. In this level focuses mainly on human beings choices and actions by understanding how individuals act when it comes to situation for an example power or rights. Individual is one person or small groups. Not to mention that not all individuals are men, there are women included too. Does not say women are not part in the IR field because it says “the behavior of man” doesn’t mean IR scholar are studying precisely at men but looking at every single person inside a state. Scholars look at leaders, voters, citizens, soldiers, and educators because each of them shapes how the state is or how others influence society; they study the behavior of leaders the most because they can be bad or good. In general, human beings behave differently and have their own proper thinking about