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An edition of How rivalries end (2013)

How rivalries end

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"Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war--the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example--but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival nations. Long-term discord is a global concern, since competing states may drag allies into their conflict or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. How Rivalries End is a study of how such rivalries take root and flourish and particularly how some dissipate over time without recourse to war. Political scientists Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly examine ten political hot spots, stretching from Egypt and Israel to the two Koreas, where crises and military confrontations have occurred over the last seven decades. Through exacting analysis of thirty-two attempts to deescalate strategic rivalries, they reveal a pattern in successful conflict resolutions: shocks that overcome foreign policy inertia; changes in perceptions of the adversary's competitiveness or threat; positive responses to conciliatory signals; and continuing effort to avoid conflict after hostilities cease. How Rivalries End significantly contributes to our understanding why protracted conflicts sometimes deescalate and even terminate without resort to war."--Publisher's website.

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English
Pages
274

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2013, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Table of Contents

The problem of rivalry de-escalation and termination
The evolution of expectations and strategies
The Egyptian-Israeli rivalry, 1948-1970
The Egyptian-Israeli rivalry, 1970-1979
The Israeli-Syrian rivalry, 1948-2000, and the Israeli-Palestinian rivalry, 1980s and early 1990s
The Indo-Pakistani rivalry, 1947-2010
Other Eurasian rivalries and their interdependence
The outcome: assessing the rivalry de-escalation theory.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-266) and index.

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Philadelphia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.1/72
Library of Congress
JZ5595 .R37 2013, JZ5595.R37 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
274 pages
Number of pages
274

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27157905M
ISBN 10
0812244982
ISBN 13
9780812244984
LCCN
2012049857
OCLC/WorldCat
821217849

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