For most of the twentieth century, social scientists have attempted
to understand the causes of military competition. From this
struggle has evolved the Richardson Tradition of Arms Race
Analysis, a distinct body of scientific literature that uses a
variety of mathematical techniques and theoretical ideas to solve
the puzzle of what drives military interaction among nations.
Etcheson explores this intellectual journey and projects the paths
along which the Richardson Tradition must go if it is to obtain its
objective: understanding and control of potentially unnecessary
organized social violence. Arms Race Theory examines thoroughly the
literature of the Richardson Tradition, from the writings of Lewis
Fry Richardson through the most recent attempts of his students to
resolve the fundamental questions about interaction in arms races.
Etcheson documents the application of the procedures of positive
physical science to social problems and identifies the reasons why
Richardson and his students have been frustrated in their efforts.
According to the author, students of the Richardson Tradition
adhere to an atomistic and reductionist perspective that denies the
relevance of human values and intentions. He focuses on the idea of
strategy as a gateway to an understanding of the social causes of
arms accumulation. Etcheson prepares the way for a new phase in the
Richardson Tradition by identifying new theoretical foci and
methodological techniques. His analysis, coupled with the most
comprehensive bibliography of the literature of the Richardson
Tradition currently available, is a significant contribution to the
growing body of scholarship in peace research and international
relations theory.
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