02642nam 22006494a 450 991081088110332120200520144314.01-282-55608-897866125560810-472-02409-410.3998/mpub.17556(CKB)2560000000012897(EBL)3414778(SSID)ssj0000427804(PQKBManifestationID)11304792(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427804(PQKBWorkID)10413640(PQKB)11739589(MiAaPQ)EBC3414778(OCoLC)615635608(MdBmJHUP)muse9636(MiU)10.3998/mpub.17556(Au-PeEL)EBL3414778(CaPaEBR)ebr10381359(CaONFJC)MIL255608(OCoLC)824100597(EXLCZ)99256000000001289720040303d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe scourge of war new extensions on an old problem /edited by Paul F. DiehlAnn Arbor University of Michigan Press20041 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-472-11395-X Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""WarWarCausesWarMathematical modelsWar.WarCauses.WarMathematical models.355.02Diehl Paul F(Paul Francis)241119Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810881103321The scourge of war4106388UNINA