The world of protracted conflicts / Michael Brecher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brecher, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protracted conflicts (Military science).

Crisis management.

Conflict management.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

vii, 403 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

The World of Protracted Conflicts seeks to frame the models to answer three crucial questions about interstate protracted conflict (PC): what are the most likely conditions for the onset of a protracted conflict, for its escalation/persistence, and for its termination? This book presents the findings on protracted conflict occurrence, continuation, and resolution by testing these models and their derived hypotheses against the evidence from thirty-three interstate protracted conflicts in the last century, most of them with deep historical roots. These findings shed further light on the conflict-crisis-war linkage. This book examines and explains patterns that exist in the eruption, evolution, and winding down of these conflicts through a systematic comparison of recent and contemporary cases. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Overviews 1

1 Concepts 3

2 Historical Roots 21

3 Cases 45

Part 2 Onset 101

4 Model I: Onset 103

5 Causes: Testing Model I 111

Part 3 Persistence 139

6 Model II: Persistence 141

7 Discordant Objectives 155

8 Perceptions 173

9 Behavior 191

10 Conflict-Sustaining Acts 219

11 Persistence: Testing Model II 259

Part 4 Resolution 287

12 Model III: Resolution 289

13 Conflict Management and Resolution: Testing Model III 299

14 What Have We Learned? 357.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498531870

1498531873

OCLC:

934746311