Logics of war
Subtitle: explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts
By: Alex Weisiger
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs; Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801451867
Subjects: Limited war; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science); War; Causes; Total war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Explanations for limited and unlimited wars; title: Research strategy and statistical tests; title: War to the death in Paraguay; title: World War II : German expansion and Allied response; title: Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars; title: Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian; title: The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War; title: Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.