Editing Casus belli (section)

== Categorisation ==
Braumoeller (2019) stated: "However idiosyncratic the ''casus belli'' may seem, however, there generally is one&nbsp;... The issues that prompt most wars fit fairly well into one of a fairly manageable number of categories." He broadly summarised classical issues as territory, the creation or dissolution of countries, the defence of the integrity of countries, dynastic succession, and the defence of co-religionists or co-nationals.{{sfn|Braumoeller|2019|p=160}} He pointed out that in the modern field of [[peace and conflict studies]], scholars also frequently list causes such as "struggle for power, arms races and conflict spirals, ethnicity and nationalism, domestic political regime type and leadership change, economic interdependence and trade, territory, climate change-induced scarcity, and so on".{{sfn|Braumoeller|2019|p=162}}

In ''The Causes of War'' (1972), Australian historian [[Geoffrey Blainey]] mentioned general causes such as miscalculation, as well as specific causes such as "Death Watch and Scapegoat Wars", and emphasised the importance of mundane factors such as weather.{{sfn|Braumoeller|2019|p=160}}

[[Theodore K. Rabb]] and [[Robert I. Rotberg]] explored the roots of major conflicts as a mixture of factors on the international, domestic and individual level in ''The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars'' (1989).{{sfn|Braumoeller|2019|p=160}}

[[Kalevi Holsti]] catalogued and categorised wars from 1648 to 1989 according to 24 categories of "issues that generated wars".{{sfn|Holsti|1991|p=308, Table 12.2}}{{sfn|Braumoeller|2019|p=160}}

A ''casus belli'' intentionally based on inaccurate facts is known as a [[Pretext#Uses in warfare|pretext]].