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Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801468179
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Logics of WarDDC classification:
  • 355.02
LOC classification:
  • JZ6385
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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