The Steps to War : : An Empirical Study /

The Steps to War : : An Empirical Study / / John A. Vasquez, Paul D. Senese.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Senese, Paul D.,
Vasquez, John A.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 1 line illus. 38 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. Foundations
  • 1. The Steps to War
  • 2. The Evolution Of A Research Program: Research Design
  • II. Territory and War
  • 3. From Territorial Claims to Territorial Disputes: Testing for Selection Effects
  • 4. Territory, Contiguity, and their Interaction: A Contingent Model of Interstate Conflict
  • III. Power Politics And War
  • 5. The Probability Of War Between Nation-States
  • 6. The Probability of Crisis Escalation
  • 7. Exploring Interactions in the Steps to War
  • IV. Conclusion
  • 8. Explaining War, Thinking about Peace
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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