John Arquilla

Dubious Battles

Aggression, Defeat, & the International System

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is aimed at Government policymakers, non-government officials, professors and graduate students in international relations, international affairs, foreign policy, security studies and world history.

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Why do leaders initiate wars they are destined to lose? This study shows that imperfect understanding of land-sea wars was at the root of defeats for leaders from Louis XIV to Saddam Hussein.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780844817361
• ISBN-10: 0844817368
• Artikelnr.: 20997716

Autorenporträt

Arquilla, John

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Structural Explanations
Chapter 3. Modifications to Existing Theories
Chapter 4. On Winning (or Losing) Wars
Chapter 5. Why Losers Start Wars
Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix I. Classification of Decisive Interstate Wars
1815-1980
Appendix II. Interstate Wars Fought Overseas
1815-1980
Appendix III. Correlation Matrix of Key Variables
Appendix IV. Interstate Wars in the Air Power Age
Selected References
Index