Strategic Rivalries in World Politics : Position, Space and Conflict Escalation.
Examines cases of strategic rivalries and identifies the extent of their effect on international conflict.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| ISBN: | 9780511377402 0511377401 1281243701 9781281243706 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I About strategic rivalries; 1 An introduction to strategic rivalries; 2 Defining and identifying strategic rivalries in world politics; 3 Describing strategic rivalries; Part II The dangers of strategic rivalries: Crisis behavior and escalation; 4 Protracted conflict and crisis escalation; 5 Serial crisis behavior and escalating risks; Part III Playing to type: Spatial and positional issues in strategic rivalries; 6 Contiguity, space, and position in the major power subsystem.
- 7 Initiating and escalating positional and spatial rivalriesPart IV Filling in some steps to war; 8 Arms build-ups and alliances in the steps-to-war theory; 9 Contested territory and conflict escalation; Part V Strategic rivalries and conflict; 10 Inducements, facilitators, and suppressors; References; Index.