Asian Rivalries: Conflict, Escalation, and Limitations on Two-Level Games

by William R. Thompson

Book Overview

The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reality, interstate relations are often at least two-level games in which decision-makers operate not only in an international environment but also in a competitive domestic context.

Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804775966
• ISBN13: 9780804775960
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"