Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts /
Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and suffering. What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructiv...
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2013.
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Taula de continguts:
- Explanations for limited and unlimited wars
- Research strategy and statistical tests
- War to the death in Paraguay
- World War II : German expansion and Allied response
- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars
- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian
- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War
- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.