Why Wars Widen - A Theory of Predation and Balancing

This work explains how wars are most likely to escalate when the effects of warfare are limited. The author demonstrates that total wars during the modern era were very violent and were far less likely to spread, yet the cost of warfare is falling making future conflicts more likely to spread.

List of contents

1. Predation, Balancing and Political Cost 2. The Seven Years' War 3. The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 4. The Crimean War 5. World War 1

About the author

Stacy Bergstrom Haldi

Summary

This work explains how wars are most likely to escalate when the effects of warfare are limited. The author demonstrates that total wars during the modern era were very violent and were far less likely to spread, yet the cost of warfare is falling making future conflicts more likely to spread.

Product details

• Authors: Stacy Bergstrom Haldi, Haldi Stacy Bergstrom
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2003
• EAN: 9780714653075
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5307-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 476 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science