Getting to War: Predicting International Conflict with Mass Media Indicators

by W. Ben Hunt

This book shows how to predict wars. More specifically, it tells us how to anticipate in a timely fashion the scope and extent of interstate conflict. By focusing on how all governments--democratic or not--seek to secure public support before undertaking risky moves such as starting a war, Getting to War provides a methodology for identifying a regime's intention to launch a conflict well in advance of the actual initiation.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472107518
• ISBN13: 9780472107513
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"