Thazha Varkey Paul

Asymmetric Conflicts

War Initiation by Weaker Powers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book asks why weaker powers so often engage in wars against stronger opponents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521466219
• ISBN-10: 0521466210
• Artikelnr.: 21798396

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. Introduction: war initiation in international relations theory
2. Explaining war initiation by weaker powers in asymmetric conflicts
Part II. The Case Studies: 3. The Japanese offensive against Russia, 1904
4. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941
5. The Chinese intervention in Korea, 1950
6. The Pakistani offensive in Kashmir, 1965
7. The Egyptian offensive in the Sinai, 1973
8. The Argentine invasion of the Falklands/Malvinas, 1982
9. Conclusion.