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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810881103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-282-55608-8; 9786612556081; 0-472-02409-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): DiehlPaul F (Paul Francis)
• Disciplina: 355.02
• Soggetti: War; War - Causes; War - Mathematical models
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""