The steps to war : an empirical study /

The question of what causes war has concerned statesmen since the time of Thucydides. The Steps to War utilizes new data on militarized interstate disputes from 1816 to 2001 to identify the factors that increase the probability that a crisis will escalate to war. In this book, Paul Senese and John V...

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Main Authors: Senese, Paul Domenic (Author), Vasquez, John A., 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • The steps to war
  • The evolution of a research program : research design
  • From territorial claims to territorial disputes : testing for selection effects
  • Territory, contiguity, and their interaction : a contingent model of interstate conflict
  • The probability of war between nation-states
  • The probability of crisis escalation
  • Exploring interactions in the steps to war
  • Explaining war, thinking about peace.