Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts.
Weisiger, Alex.
Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series . - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series .
Logics of War -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Wars -- 2. Research Strategy and Statistical Tests -- 3. War to the Death in Paraguay -- 4. World War II: German Expansion and Allied Response -- 5. Additional Commitment Problem Cases: The Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq Wars -- 6. Short Wars of Optimism: Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- 7. The Limits on Leaders: The Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Conclusion: Recapitulations, Implications, and Prognostications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Alex Weisiger tests three explanations for a nation's decision to go to war and continue fighting regardless of the costs. He combines sharp statistical analysis of interstate wars over the past two centuries with nine narrative case studies.
9780801468179
War -- Causes.
Limited war.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science).
Total war.
Electronic books.
JZ6385
355.02
Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series . - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series .
Logics of War -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Wars -- 2. Research Strategy and Statistical Tests -- 3. War to the Death in Paraguay -- 4. World War II: German Expansion and Allied Response -- 5. Additional Commitment Problem Cases: The Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq Wars -- 6. Short Wars of Optimism: Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- 7. The Limits on Leaders: The Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Conclusion: Recapitulations, Implications, and Prognostications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Alex Weisiger tests three explanations for a nation's decision to go to war and continue fighting regardless of the costs. He combines sharp statistical analysis of interstate wars over the past two centuries with nine narrative case studies.
9780801468179
War -- Causes.
Limited war.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science).
Total war.
Electronic books.
JZ6385
355.02