Paradoxes of War: On the Art of National Self-Entrapment

ISBN-13: 9780367609801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 378 str.

Zeev Maoz

Opis

Why do reasonable people lead their nations into the tremendously destructive traps of international conflict? Why do nations then deepen their involvement and make it harder to escape from these traps? In this title, originally published in 1990, Zeev Maoz addresses these and other paradoxical questions about the war process.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. On Paradoxes and Wars  Part 1: Paradoxical Causes of War  2. The Para Bellum Paradox  3. The Threat of Stability and the Stability of Threats: The Paradox of Successful Deterrence  4. Wars That Nobody and Everybody Tried to Prevent: The Paradox of Crisis Escalation  Part 2: Paradoxes of War Management  5. The Paradox of Attrition  6. The Paradox of Surprise  7. The Ally’s Paradox  Part 3: Paradoxical Consequences of War  8. The Paradox of Power and War Outcomes  9. Pyrrhic Victories, or Nothing Fails Like Success  10. Loser’s Paradoxes: The View from the Pit  11. Paradoxical Lessons from Paradoxical Wars.  Bibliography.  Name Index.  Subject Index.