Cycles of Violence
Subtitle: The Evolution of the Israeli Decision Regime Governing the Use of Limited Military Force (Innovations in the Study of World Politics)
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: August 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780739109595
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; World history; Middle East - General; History - General History; History; History: World; Middle East; Middle East - Israel; Non-Classifiable; Arab-Israeli conflict; Decision making; International relations; Psychological aspects
Description: "Cycles of Violence provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of how norms, rules, and procedures of decision making cohere into a decision regime. Ranan D. Kuperman balances careful theoretical discussion with a case study to track the evolution of a decision regime over time. Focusing on the regime governing Israeli use of limited military force and using quantitative historical analysis as well as qualitative historical surveys, Kuperman uses previously unpublished documents from the 1950s and 1960s to generate a new interpretation of historical events. Cycles of Violence is more than just another examination of the Arab-Israeli conflict; indeed, the methodology and theoretical models developed for this analysis can be replicated for any situation where decision makers are confronted with a repeated sequence of problems. This book is essential reading for scholars and researchers of the Middle East and security issues."--Jacket.