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Autore |
Colaresi Michael P. <1976-> |
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Strategic rivalries in world politics : position, space and conflict escalation / / Michael P. Colaresi, Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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1-107-18496-7 |
1-281-24370-1 |
9786611243708 |
0-511-37828-9 |
0-511-49128-X |
0-511-37740-1 |
0-511-37646-4 |
0-511-37493-3 |
0-511-37915-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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War |
Strategic rivalries (World politics) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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An introduction to strategic rivalries -- Defining and identifying strategic rivalries in world politics -- Describing strategic rivalies -- Protracted conflict and crisis escalation -- Serial crisis behavior and escalating risks -- Contiguity, space and position in the major power subsystem -- Initiating and escalating positional and spatial rivalries -- Arms build-ups and alliances in the steps-to work theory -- Contested territory and conflict resolution -- Inducements, facilitators, and suppressors. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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International conflict is neither random nor inexplicable. It is highly structured by antagonisms between a relatively small set of states that regard each other as rivals. Examining the 173 strategic rivalries in operation throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book |
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