Diversionary War
Title | Diversionary War PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Oakes |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2012-10-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0804784930 |
The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questions of whether leaders deliberately provoke conflicts abroad to distract the public from problems at home, or whether such gambles offer a more effective response to domestic discontent than appeasing opposition groups with political or economic concessions. Diversionary War addresses these questions by reinterpreting key historical examples of diversionary war—such as Argentina's 1982 Falklands Islands invasion and U.S. President James Buchanan's decision to send troops to Mormon Utah in 1857. It breaks new ground by demonstrating that the use of diversionary tactics is, at best, an ineffectual strategy for managing civil unrest, and draws important conclusions for policymakers—identifying several new, and sometimes counterintuitive, avenues by which embattled states can be pushed toward adopting alternative political, social, or economic strategies for managing domestic unrest.
Dictators at War and Peace
Title | Dictators at War and Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica L. P. Weeks |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2014-09-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0801455235 |
Why do some autocratic leaders pursue aggressive or expansionist foreign policies, while others are much more cautious in their use of military force? The first book to focus systematically on the foreign policy of different types of authoritarian regimes, Dictators at War and Peace breaks new ground in our understanding of the international behavior of dictators. Jessica L. P. Weeks explains why certain kinds of regimes are less likely to resort to war than others, why some are more likely to win the wars they start, and why some authoritarian leaders face domestic punishment for foreign policy failures whereas others can weather all but the most serious military defeat. Using novel cross-national data, Weeks looks at various nondemocratic regimes, including those of Saddam Hussein and Joseph Stalin; the Argentine junta at the time of the Falklands War, the military government in Japan before and during World War II, and the North Vietnamese communist regime. She finds that the differences in the conflict behavior of distinct kinds of autocracies are as great as those between democracies and dictatorships. Indeed, some types of autocracies are no more belligerent or reckless than democracies, casting doubt on the common view that democracies are more selective about war than autocracies.
Internal Woes, External Foes?
Title | Internal Woes, External Foes? PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Claire Williams |
Publisher | |
Pages | 870 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Principles of Conflict Economics
Title | Principles of Conflict Economics PDF eBook |
Author | Charles H. Anderton |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 527 |
Release | 2019-04-25 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107184207 |
Provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the key themes and principles of conflict economics.
Social Trust, Anarchy, and International Conflict
Title | Social Trust, Anarchy, and International Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | M. Jasinski |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2011-04-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230118682 |
Challenges the democratic peace and diversionary war theories by emphasizing the importance of social trust, its origin as a by-product of effective governance exercised by strong states, and influence on international conflict.
The Diversionary Theory of War and Democratic Regimes/the Scapegoat Hypothesis
Title | The Diversionary Theory of War and Democratic Regimes/the Scapegoat Hypothesis PDF eBook |
Author | Karyn Hackett Mosdell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 110 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Economic policy |
ISBN |
The Territorial Peace
Title | The Territorial Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas M. Gibler |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2012-09-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107016215 |
Douglas M. Gibler argues that threats to homeland territories force domestic political centralization within the state. Using an innovative theory of state development, he explains patterns of international conflict and democracy in the world over time.