The scourge of war : new extensions on an old problem / edited by Paul F. Diehl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diehl, Paul F. (Paul Francis)

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War.

War--Causes.

War--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. David Singer's legendary Correlates of War project represented the first comprehensive effort by political scientists to gather and analyze empirical data about the causes of war. In doing so, Singer and his colleagues transformed the face of twentieth-century political science. Their work provoked some of the most important debates in modern international relations -- about the rules governing territory, international intervention, and the so-called "democratic peace." Editor Paul F. Diehl has now convened some of the world's foremost international conflict analysis specialists to reassess COW's contribution to our understanding of global conflict. Each chapter takes one of COW's pathbreaking ideas and reevaluates it in light of subsequent world events and developments in the field. The result is a critical retrospective that will reintroduce Singer's important and still-provocative findings to a new generation of students and specialists. Paul F. Diehl is Professor of Political Science and University Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Part I. PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF WAR AND CONFLICT""; ""POWER LAWS, SCALING, AND FRACTALS IN THE MOST LETHAL INTERNATIONAL AND CIVIL WARS""; ""A NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF MILITARIZED DISPUTES, 1885-1992""; ""Part II. NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL FACTORS""; ""STATESMEN, POPULAR WISDOM, AND EMPIRICAL REALITIES IN THE STUDY OF CONFLICT AND WAR""; ""THE NATIONAL INTEREST VERSUS INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL AMBITION""; ""ARMS, ALLIANCES, AND SUCCESS IN MILITARIZED DISPUTES AND WARS, 1816-1992""; ""Part III. DYADIC FACTORS AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS""; ""INTERVENTIONS AS INFLUENCE""

""THE SLOW ROASTING OF SACRED COWS""""ALLIANCES, TERRITORIAL DISPUTES, AND THE PROBABILITY OF WAR""; ""TOWARD A SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF WAR""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612556081

9781282556089

1282556088

9780472024094

0472024094

OCLC:

615635608