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How Rivalries End
Karen Rasler
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Description for How Rivalries End
Hardcover. Examining political hot spots stretching from Egypt and Israel to North and South Korea, How Rivalries End builds an original theory from patterns in successful conflict resolutions and reveals the key factors in reducing tensions and building long-term peace between adversaries. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war-the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example-but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival nations. Long-term discord is a global concern, since competing states may drag allies into their conflict or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. How Rivalries End is a study of how such rivalries take root and flourish and ... Read more
Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war-the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example-but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival nations. Long-term discord is a global concern, since competing states may drag allies into their conflict or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. How Rivalries End is a study of how such rivalries take root and flourish and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812244984
SKU
V9780812244984
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About Karen Rasler
Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson, Professors of Political Science at Indiana University, have cowritten many books, including Strategic Rivalry: Space, Position, and Conflict Resolution in World Politics. Sumit Ganguly is Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian Cultures and Civilizations, and Director of the Center on American and Global Security, at Indiana University. He is the author, most recently, of Conflict ... Read more
Reviews for How Rivalries End
With impeccable scholarship, How Rivalries End utilizes a vast theoretical, empirical, and extraordinary case literature. This is a highly original study and a much needed one. -John Vasquez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign