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Why wars widen : a theory of predation and balancing / Stacy Bergstrom Haldi ; foreword by Robert A. Pape.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haldi, Stacy Bergstrom, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War.
- Military history, Modern--Case studies.
- Military history, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work explains how wars are most likely to escalate when the effects of warfare are limited. The author demonstrates that total wars during the modern era were very violent and were far less likely to spread, yet the cost of warfare is falling making future conflicts more likely to spread.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Predation, Balancing and Political Cost; 3 The Seven Years' War (1756-63); 4 The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; 5 The Crimean War (1853-56); 6 World War I; 7 Conclusion; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-77456-0
- 1-280-09545-8
- 9786610095452
- 0-203-01168-6
- 9780203011683
- OCLC:
- 475921279
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