04511oam 22007454a 450 99647576140331620210915043156.00-8014-6816-70-8014-6817-510.7591/9780801468179(CKB)2550000001039397(OCoLC)836207133(CaPaEBR)ebrary10678383(SSID)ssj0000880463(PQKBManifestationID)11528006(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000880463(PQKBWorkID)10897262(PQKB)11785537(StDuBDS)EDZ0001504899(OCoLC)966869040(MdBmJHUP)muse51880(DE-B1597)478550(OCoLC)979954147(DE-B1597)9780801468179(Au-PeEL)EBL3138452(CaPaEBR)ebr10678383(CaONFJC)MIL681757(ScCtBLL)f626feb4-ce25-494d-b00c-27cc1be54900(MiAaPQ)EBC3138452(EXLCZ)99255000000103939720121026d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrLogics of WarExplanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts /Alex WeisigerIthaca :Cornell University Press,2013.©2013.1 online resource (297 p.) Cornell studies in security affairsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-50475-X 0-8014-5186-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280) and index.Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.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. When leaders go to war expecting easy victory, events usually correct their misperceptions quickly and with fairly low casualties, thereby setting the stage for a negotiated agreement. A second explanation involves motives born of domestic politics; as war becomes more intense, however, leaders are increasingly constrained in their ability to continue the fighting. Particularly destructive wars instead arise from mistrust of an opponent's intentions. Countries that launch preventive wars to forestall expected decline tend to have particularly ambitious war aims that they hold to even when fighting goes poorly. Moreover, in some cases, their opponents interpret the preventive attack as evidence of a dispositional commitment to aggression, resulting in the rejection of any form of negotiation and a demand for unconditional surrender. Weisiger's treatment of a topic of central concern to scholars of major wars will also be read with great interest by military historians, political psychologists, and sociologists.Cornell studies in security affairs.Total warLow-intensity conflicts (Military science)Limited warWarCausesElectronic books. Total war.Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)Limited war.WarCauses.355.02Weisiger Alex1977-910606MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996475761403316Logics of war2037974UNISA06863nam 2201669 a 450 991079095950332120230802012414.097866138524341-4008-4549-11-283-53998-510.1515/9781400845491(CKB)2550000001253007(EBL)967434(OCoLC)808346265(SSID)ssj0000701905(PQKBManifestationID)11433492(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701905(PQKBWorkID)10676148(PQKB)10408072(MiAaPQ)EBC967434(StDuBDS)EDZ0000407009(MdBmJHUP)muse43253(DE-B1597)453859(OCoLC)979905332(DE-B1597)9781400845491(Au-PeEL)EBL967434(CaPaEBR)ebr10579817(CaONFJC)MIL385243(EXLCZ)99255000000125300720120210d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe soldier and the changing state[electronic resource] building democratic armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas /Zoltan BaranyCore TextbookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Press20121 online resource (471 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-13769-2 0-691-13768-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- What does a democratic military look like? -- Building democratic armies after war -- After World War II: Germany, Japan, and Hungary -- After civil war: Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, and Lebanon regime change -- After military rule in Europe: Spain, Portugal, and Greece -- After military rule in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala -- After military rule in Asia: South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia -- After state-socialism in Europe: Slovenia, Russia, and Romania -- State transformation -- After colonial rule in Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh -- After colonial rule in Africa: Ghana, Tanzania, and Botswana -- After (re)unification and apartheid: Germany, South Africa, and Yemen -- Conclusion.The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states. Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, Zoltan Barany argues that the military is the most important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. Barany also demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of newly democratizing regimes. But how do democratic armies come about? What conditions encourage or impede democratic civil-military relations? And how can the state ensure the allegiance of its soldiers? Barany examines the experiences of developing countries and the armed forces in the context of major political change in six specific settings: in the wake of war and civil war, after military and communist regimes, and following colonialism and unification/apartheid. He evaluates the army-building and democratization experiences of twenty-seven countries and explains which predemocratic settings are most conducive to creating a military that will support democracy. Highlighting important factors and suggesting which reforms can be expected to work and fail in different environments, he offers practical policy recommendations to state-builders and democratizers.Civil-military relationsCase studiesArmed ForcesReorganizationCase studies1947 Partition.Argentina.Bangladesh.Bosnia and Herzegovina.Botswana.British colonial rule.Chile.Cold War.El Salvador.European Union.Germany.Ghana.Greece.Guatemala.Hezbollah.Hungary.India independence.Indonesia.Japan.Lebanese Armed Forces.Lebanese civil war.NATO.Pakistan independence.Portugal.Portuguese civilЭilitary relations.Romania.Royal Thai Armed Forces.Russia.Russian military politics.Shi'a Islamist organization.Slovenia.South Africa.South Korea.Soviet Union.Spain.Spanish military.Tanzania.Territorial Defense Force.Thailand.Yemen.apartheid.armed forces.army building.authoritarianism.civil war.civilian control.civilЭilitary relations.civiЭilitary relations.colonialism.communism.communist regime.consolidated democracy.democracy.democratic armies.democratic army.democratic civilЭilitary relations.democratic control.democratic governance.democratic regimes.democratic transition.democratization.democratizing regimes.fascist dictatorship.formative moments.free elections.military dictators.military elites.military politics.military rule.party-state.political autonomy.political environments.political presence.postcommunism.postwar Germany.praetorian elites.praetorianism.regime change.reunification.single political entity.state formation.state transformation.state-builders.war.Civil-military relationsArmed ForcesReorganization322/.5Barany Zoltan D532168MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790959503321The soldier and the changing state3693329UNINA00975cam0-2200301 --450 991043645350332120240904122622.0978-88-921-3112-520210302d2020----kmuy0itay5050 baitaengIT 001yyA-legalità, autorità, riconoscimentoriconfigurazioni giuridiche nell'epoca della globalizzazioneHans Lindahltraduzione italiana a cura di Ferdinando G. 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