Military Threats - A Systematic Historical Analysis of the Determinants of Success (Hardcover)

The threat to use military force is a matter that commands immediate attention from many segments of government. Karsten, Howell, and Allen systematically analyze statistically significant numbers of actual cases to discover the determinants of success or failure of the threat to employ military force. After describing their methodology, they address several questions: what are the general characteristics of the typical threat? what types of threats succeed? what threats lead to war? did threats in the prenuclear past differ in outcome from those in the nuclear present? have the United States' threats differed substantially from those of other nations? can anything be said concerning the long-term consequences of the threats? In a concluding chapter the authors summarize their findings, compare them to the conventional wisdom, and then, as a test, apply them to six historical cases. They end their study with a look at the Solidarity and Falklands crises, and a theoretical scenario that suggests the significance of their findings.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1984
First published:	February 1984
Authors:	Artis Frances Allen • Peter Howell
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	166
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-23825-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General
LSN:	0-313-23825-1
Barcode:	9780313238253

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