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How Wars End
Dan Reiter
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Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Politikwissenschaft
Beschreibung
Why do some countries choose to end wars short of total victory while others fight on, sometimes in the face of appalling odds? How Wars End argues that two central factors shape war-termination decision making: information about the balance of power and the resolve of one's enemy, and fears that the other side's commitment to abide by a war-ending peace settlement may not be credible.
Dan Reiter explains how information about combat outcomes and other factors may persuade a warring nation to demand more or less in peace negotiations, and why a country might refuse to negotiate limited terms and instead tenaciously pursue absolute victory if it fears that its enemy might renege on a peace deal. He fully lays out the theory and then tests it on more than twenty cases of war-termination behavior, including decisions during the American Civil War, the two world wars, and the Korean War. Reiter helps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940.
How Wars End concludes with a timely discussion of twentieth-century American foreign policy, framing the Bush Doctrine's emphasis on preventive war in the context of the theory.
Kundenbewertungen
Adolf Hitler, Battle of the Bulge, Counterattack, Superiority (short story), Strategic bombing, Demagogue, Unrestricted submarine warfare, Battle of the Atlantic, Annexation, Peng Dehuai, Antimilitarism, North Korea, Belligerent, Gulf War, Werwolf, Conspiracy theory, Hugh Dalton, Long War (20th century), Decisive victory, French intervention in Mexico, Oil embargo, Strategic goal (military), Allies of World War II, Insurgency, Maginot Line, Absolute war, War termination, Demobilization, Doolittle Raid, World War II, Regime change, Unconditional surrender, Operation Downfall, German Fatherland Party, Democratic peace theory, Isolationism, Rogue state, Nuclear warfare, Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II, German invasion of Belgium, Peace treaty, Battle of Tsushima, War, Declaration of war, Slavery, Operation Barbarossa, War crime, Battle of Antietam, World War I, John Mearsheimer, Brusilov Offensive, Soviet Union, Limited war, Axis powers, International crisis, Warfare, Two-front war, Hideki Tojo, Strategic victory, Anti-Americanism, Battle of Britain, Surrender of Japan, Vietnamization, Preventive war, Days of May, Falklands War, Winter War, French invasion of Russia, Soviet Union in World War II, Cold War