Conflicts and wars
Subtitle: their fallout and prevention
By: Hossein Askari
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781137020949
Subjects: Environmental aspects; Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988; War; Prevention; Termination; Economic aspects; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Iraq War, 2003-; Cost of War
Description: What are the costs of wars and conflicts - and why do governments of nation states continue to incur them? Using detailed examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf, this book explains how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, examines many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare, and proposes a private sector solution to warfare's low cost.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: A glance at recent conflicts and wars; title: Estimating the price of conflicts and wars; title: The seeds of conflict and war : the Persian Gulf; title: The global costs of three wars in the Persian Gulf; title: How conflicts and wars can be ended.