Handbook of War Studies (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9780415610995 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 398 str.

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Opis

This title offers a systematic overview of empirically based theories of international conflict. Leading scholars of international relations provide a comprehensive survey of contemporary theories and methodological approaches to the study of war.

Spis treści

Part I Structure-Based Theories of War 1. System structure, decision processes, and the incidence of international war  2. Long cycles and global war  3. Heirachical equilibria and the long-run instability of multipolar systems  4. Power cycle theory of systems structure and stability: commonalities and complementaries  5. The logic and study of the diffusion of international conflict Part II Minimally Dyadic Theories of War  6. The contribution of expected-utility theory to the study of international conflict  7. The power transition: A retrospective and prospective evaluation  8. Arms races, the conflict spiral, the onset of war  9. Richarsonian arms race models  Part III State-centered theories of war  10. Public opinion and national security policy: relationships and impacts  11. The diversionary theory of war: a critique  12. Lateral pressure in international relations

O autorze

Midlarsky Manus