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

• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.02
• Soggetto topico: War; War - Causes; War - Mathematical models
• Altri autori: DiehlPaul F (Paul Francis)
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: The scourge of war
• ISBN: 1-282-55608-8; 9786612556081; 0-472-02409-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791236303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II