The War Ledger

This book provides fresh, sophisticated answers to a fundamental questions about major modern wars: Why do major wars begin? What accounts for victory or defeat in war? How do victory and defeat influence the recovery of the combatants? Are the rules governing conflict behavior between nations the same since the advent of the nuclear era?

About the author

A. F. K. Organski is professor of political science at the University of Michigan. Jacek Kugler is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. They are the coauthors, with J. Timothy Johnson and Youssef Cohen, of "Births, Deaths, and Taxes: The Demographic and Political Transitions," also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Product details

• Authors: et al, Jacek Kugler, Kugler Jacek, Organski, A. F. K. Organski, A.f.k. Organski, University of Chicago
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1981
• EAN: 9780226632803
• ISBN: 978-0-226-63280-3
• No. of pages: 299
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 397 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence