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Crisis and War

By Patrick James

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
1988
ISBN
9780773561212
DOI
10.1515/9780773561212
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9272311 bytes)
Pages
208\203
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 22:06:26

Description

Using an analysis of patterns of international crisis and war from 1948 to 1975, Patrick James suggests why some international crises result in war while others do not. Over one hundred cases are used to assess the three most prominent explanations for crisis escalation to war: (1) war is the result of rational choice by leaders who expect to gain from it; (2) war is the product of the outward projection of political unrest within states; and (3) war is the result of classical balance of power politics. James concludes that the best explanations for war include elements from all three categories.

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