War in the Modern Great Power System : 1495-1975.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: The Empirical Study of War -- 2. The Modern Great Power System -- Assumptions of the Great Power Framework -- Definition of the Great Power Concept -- Origins of the Modem Great Power System -- Composition of the System -- Exclusions from the System -- The Modem Great Power System -- 3. Definition and Identification of the Wars -- Definition of War -- Existing Compilations of Wars -- Criteria for Inclusion and Exclusion -- Initiation, Termination, and Aggregation of War -- Potential Biases in the Selection Procedures -- Wars in the Modem Great Power System -- 4. Measurement of the Wars -- Conceptualization of War -- Operational Indicators and Measurement Procedures -- The War Data -- 5. Quantitative Description of the Wars -- Characteristics of Individual Wars -- Yearly Amount of War -- Relationships among the War Indicators -- 6. Historical Trends in War -- Linear Trends -- Cyclical Trends -- Comparison of Historical Periods -- Interpretation of Historical Trends -- 7. War Contagion -- Conceptualization of War Contagion -- The Contagion of Individual Wars -- Frequencies of War in Successive Periods -- Contagion of the Total Amount of War -- Summary and Interpretation -- 8. Conclusion: A Base for Further Investigation -- Appendix: Estimation of Missing Battle Death Data -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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