Logics of war explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts / [electronic resource] :
Alex Weisiger.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
- viii, 288 p. : ill., maps.
- Cornell studies in security affairs .
- Cornell studies in security affairs. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
War--Causes. Limited war. Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) Total war.