Software is available for free download.
Although coverage is more temporally limited than the COW MIDs dataset, ICB has the advantage of more detailed codings and descriptions of each crisis. In addition to the extended list of variables concerning bargaining behavior, levels of violence, and crisis outcomes, users may also refer to Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld's accompanying book, A Study of Crisis, for a brief summary and bibliography for each crisis. Data - Individual COW datasets may be downloaded from the Peace Science Society website, which now maintains COW datasets. In addition, users may obtain data and summaries of research using COW materials directly from the Correlates of War Project . Variables coded focus on the use of bargaining strategies.