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- Summary
- Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and suffering. What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructive? In Logics of War, Alex Weisiger tests three explanations for a nation's decision to go to war and continue fighting regardless of the costs. He combines sharp statistical analysis of interstate wars over the past two centuries with nine narrative case studies. He examines both well-known conflicts like World War II and the Persian Gulf War, as well as unfamiliar ones such as the 1864<U+0127> �1870 Paraguayan War (or the War of the Triple Alliance), which proportionally caused more deaths than any other war in modern history --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 288 pages
- Contents
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- Explanations for limited and unlimited wars
- Research strategy and statistical tests
- War to the death in Paraguay
- World War II : German expansion and Allied response
- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars
- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian
- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War
- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications
- Isbn
- 9780801451867
- Label
- Logics of war : explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts
- Title
- Logics of war
- Title remainder
- explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts
- Statement of responsibility
- Alex Weisiger
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and suffering. What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructive? In Logics of War, Alex Weisiger tests three explanations for a nation's decision to go to war and continue fighting regardless of the costs. He combines sharp statistical analysis of interstate wars over the past two centuries with nine narrative case studies. He examines both well-known conflicts like World War II and the Persian Gulf War, as well as unfamiliar ones such as the 1864<U+0127> �1870 Paraguayan War (or the War of the Triple Alliance), which proportionally caused more deaths than any other war in modern history --
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- 1977-
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- Weisiger, Alex
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cornell studies in security affairs
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- War
- Limited war
- Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
- Total war
- Label
- Logics of war : explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts, Alex Weisiger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index
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- Contents
- Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications
- Control code
- FIEb17476811
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780801451867
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- unmediated
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)815873492
- Label
- Logics of war : explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts, Alex Weisiger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index
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- nc
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- text
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- Contents
- Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications
- Control code
- FIEb17476811
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780801451867
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)815873492
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