Conflicts and Wars [electronic resource] : Their Fallout and Prevention /
Askari, Hossein.author.
Explaining how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, this book uses examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf to examine many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare and proposes a private sector solution to warfare's low cost.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and overview -- A glance at recent conflicts and wars -- Estimating the price of conflicts and wars -- The seeds of conflict and war : the Persian Gulf -- The global costs of three wars in the Persian Gulf -- How conflicts and wars can be ended.
Explaining how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, this book uses examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf to examine many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare and proposes a private sector solution to warfare's low cost.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
International relations.
Peace.
Diplomacy.
Social sciences.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
International Relations.
Conflict Studies.
Diplomacy.
Social Sciences, general.