Zeev Maoz

Paradoxes of War

On the Art of National Self-Entrapment

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780367609801
• ISBN-10: 0367609800
• Artikelnr.: 65609592

Inhaltsangabe

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.