Leaders and International Conflict

by H. E. Goemans, Giacomo Chiozza, H E Goemans, et al.

Book Overview

Chiozza and Goemans seek to explain why and when political leaders decide to initiate international crises and wars. They argue that the fate of leaders and the way leadership changes shapes leaders' decisions to initiate international conflict. Leaders who anticipate regular removal from office, through elections for example, have little to gain and much to lose from international conflict, whereas leaders who anticipate a forcible removal from office,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107660734
• ISBN13: 9781107660731
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"