LEADER 03745nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910785787903321 005 20230801224330.0 010 $a0-8047-8493-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804784931 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241653 035 $a(EBL)1021179 035 $a(OCoLC)812067001 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737084 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12341158 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737084 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10784106 035 $a(PQKB)11071412 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12303944 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757422 035 $a(PQKB)23235856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021179 035 $a(DE-B1597)564371 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804784931 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10599095 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769004 035 $a(iGPub)CSPLUS0006091 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241653 100 $a20111216d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiversionary war$b[electronic resource] $ethe link between domestic unrest and international conflict /$fAmy Oakes 210 $aStanford, California $cStanford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8047-8246-6 311 0 $a0-8047-8245-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables and Figures --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. The Causes and Consequences of Diversionary War --$t3. Quantitative Results --$t4. A Diversionary War: Argentina?s Invasion of the British Falkland Islands, 1982 --$t5. A Diversionary Spectacle: The U.S. Government?s Expedition to the Utah Territory, 1857?1858 --$t6. The Road Not Taken: When Pauper States Do Not Use Diversionary Tactics --$t7. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questions of whether leaders deliberately provoke conflicts abroad to distract the public from problems at home, or whether such gambles offer a more effective response to domestic discontent than appeasing opposition groups with political or economic concessions. Diversionary War addresses these questions by reinterpreting key historical examples of diversionary war?such as Argentina's 1982 Falklands Islands invasion and U.S. President James Buchanan's decision to send troops to Mormon Utah in 1857. It breaks new ground by demonstrating that the use of diversionary tactics is, at best, an ineffectual strategy for managing civil unrest, and draws important conclusions for policymakers?identifying several new, and sometimes counterintuitive, avenues by which embattled states can be pushed toward adopting alternative political, social, or economic strategies for managing domestic unrest. 606 $aPolitics and war 606 $aWar$xCauses 606 $aPolitical stability 606 $aWar$xDecision making 606 $aInternational relations$xDecision making 615 0$aPolitics and war. 615 0$aWar$xCauses. 615 0$aPolitical stability. 615 0$aWar$xDecision making. 615 0$aInternational relations$xDecision making. 676 $a355.02/72 700 $aOakes$b Amy$f1976-$01541963 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785787903321 996 $aDiversionary war$93794370 997 $aUNINA