A Century of Crisis and Conflict in the International System: Theory and Evidence: Intellectual Odyssey III

A Century of Crisis and Conflict in the International System: Theory and Evidence: Intellectual Odyssey III
ISBN-10
3319571567
ISBN-13
9783319571560
Category
Political Science
Pages
419
Language
English
Published
2017-07-25
Publisher
Springer
Author
Michael Brecher

Description

This book is designed to present a fully developed theory of international crisis and conflict, along with substantial evidence of these two closely related phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of these topics at a theoretical level, defining and elaborating on core concepts: international crisis, interstate conflict, severity, and impact. This is followed by a discussion of the international system, along with two significant illustrations, the Berlin Blockade crisis (1948) and the India-Pakistan crisis over Kashmir (1965-66). The book then presents a unified model of crisis, focusing on the four phases of an international crisis, which incorporate the four periods of foreign policy crises for individual states. Findings from thirteen conflicts representing six regional clusters are then analyzed, concluding with a set of hypotheses and evidence on conflict onset, persistence, and resolution.

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