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UNINA9910465986403321 |
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Cappella Zielinski Rosella |
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How states pay for wars / / Rosella Cappella Zielinski |
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Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1-5017-0651-9 |
1-5017-0596-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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War finance - Political aspects |
War finance - History - 19th century |
War finance - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Making Money, Making War -- 1. How States Pay for Wars -- 2. Truman and the Korean War -- 3. Johnson and the Vietnam War -- 4. Britain and Currency Reserves during World War II and the Crimean War -- 5. Taxation and Currency Reserves during the Russo-Japanese War -- 6. Confronting the Costs of War, 1823-2003 -- Conclusion: Long War Finance in Perspective -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Armies fight battles, states fight wars. To focus solely on armies is to neglect the broader story of victory and defeat. Military power stems from an economic base, and without wealth, soldiers cannot be paid, weapons cannot be procured, and food cannot be bought. War finance is among the most consequential decisions any state makes: how a state finances a war affects not only its success on the battlefield but also its economic stability and its leadership tenure. In How States Pay for Wars, Rosella Cappella Zielinski clarifies several critical dynamics lying at the nexus of financial and military policy.Cappella Zielinski has built a custom database on war funding over the past two centuries, |
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and she combines those data with qualitative analyses of Truman's financing of the Korean War, Johnson's financing of the Vietnam War, British financing of World War II and the Crimean War, and Russian and Japanese financing of the Russo-Japanese War. She argues that leaders who attempt to maximize their power at home, and state power abroad, are in a constant balancing act as they try to win wars while remaining in office. As a result of political risks, they prefer war finance policies that meet the needs of the war effort within the constraints of the capacity of the state. |
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UNINA9910231237203321 |
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Nils Petter Gleditsch |
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R.J. Rummel: An Assessment of His Many Contributions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nils Petter Gleditsch |
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Springer Nature, 2017 |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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1 online resource (XI, 138 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
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SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, , 2194-3125 ; ; 37 |
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International relations |
Political theory |
Democracy |
International Relations |
Political Theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Nils Petter Gleditsch: Introduction: R J Rummel: A multi-faceted scholar -- Dawn Akemi: Dad -- Doug Bond: R J Rummel, citizen scholar: An interview on the occasion of his retirement -- Sang-Woo Rhee: Rummel as a great teacher -- Richard Chadwick: Contextualizing Rummel's field theory -- Matthew Kroenig & Bardia Rahmani: R J Rummel, Nuclear superiority, and the limits of détente -- Erich Weede: Rummel’s |
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unfinished legacy: Reconciling peace research and realpolitik -- James Lee Ray: Understanding Conflict and War An overlooked classic? -- Frank Whelon Wayman: Rummel and Singer, DON and COW Rummel and Singer, DON and COW: To what extent should we focus on the regime, or the inter-state system? -- H-C Peterson: Regime type matters. |
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This book is open access under a CC BY license. The book provides a critical and constructive assessment of the many contributions to social science and politics made by Professor R. J. Rummel. Rummel was a prolific writer and an important teacher and mentor to a number of people who in turn have made their mark on the profession. His work has always been controversial. But after the end of the Cold War, his views on genocide and the democratic peace in particular have gained wide recognition in the profession. He was also a pioneer in the use of statistical methods in international relations. His work in not easily classified in the traditional categories of international relations research (realism, idealism, and constructivism). He was by no means a pacifist and his views on the US-Soviet arms race led him to be classified as a hawk. But his work on the democratic peace has become extremely influential among liberal IR scholars and peace researchers. Above all, he was a libertarian. |
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