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Stacy Bergstrom Haldi
Why Wars Widen [EPUB ebook]
A Theory of Predation and Balancing

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This work explains how wars are most likely to escalate when the effects of warfare are limited. The author demonstrates that total wars during the modern era were very violent and were far less likely to spread, yet the cost of warfare is falling making future conflicts more likely to spread.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781135774561 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2004 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5299187 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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