Logics of War Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts / Alex Weisiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisiger, Alex, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

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 1864-1870 Paraguayan War (or the War of the Triple Alliance), which proportionally caused more deaths than any other war in modern history.

Contents:

1 Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Wars 11

2 Research Strategy and Statistical Tests 54

3 War to the Death in Paraguay 86

4 World War II: German Expansion and Allied Response 105

5 Additional Commitment Problem Cases: The Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq Wars 141

6 Short Wars of Optimism: Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian 159

7 The Limits on Leaders: The Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War 178.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101542

ISBN:

9780801451867

OCLC:

836207133