When is war is the result of a nation's deliberate decision to advance its vital interests by force of arms? When is it brought about by miscalculation? What causes policy-makers to misjudge the consequences of their actions? This book takes up these and other questions in a comparative study of the origins, politics, and outcomes of international crisis based on data from 27 historical cases.
- ISBN10 0801823110
- ISBN13 9780801823114
- Publish Date 1 March 1981
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 15 January 1993
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English