The Steps to War: An Empirical Study

by John A. Vasquez and Paul D. Senese

The question of what causes war has concerned statesmen since the time of Thucydides. The Steps to War utilizes new data on militarized interstate disputes from 1816 to 2001 to identify the factors that increase the probability that a crisis will escalate to war. In this book, Paul Senese and John Vasquez test one of the major behavioral explanations of war--the steps to war--by identifying the various factors that put two states at risk...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138923
• ISBN13: 9780691138923
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"