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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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Weisiger, Alex, 1977-
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
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جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.