Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime

by Oriana Skylar Mastro

After a war breaks out, what factors influence the warring parties' decisions about whether to talk to their enemy, and when may their position on wartime diplomacy change? How do we get from only fighting to also talking?

In The Costs of Conversation, Oriana Skylar Mastro argues that states are primarily concerned with the strategic costs of conversation, and these costs need to be low before combatants are willing to engage in direct...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150173220X
• ISBN13: 9781501732201
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher