| Description |
1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Princeton studies in international history and politics
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Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-350) and index. |
| Contents |
A theory of war termination -- Large N: the fate of leaders and the duration of war -- Germany -- Russia -- France -- Great Britain -- The termination of the First World War, I: 1914-1917 -- The termination of the First World War, II: 1918. |
| Summary |
H.E. Goemans explores how various government leaders assess the cost of war in terms of domestic politics and their own postwar fates. Goemans first develops the argument that two sides will wage war until both gain sufficient knowledge of the other's strengths and weaknesses so as to agree on the probable outcome of continued war. Yet the incentives that motivate leaders to then terminate war, Goemans maintains, can vary greatly depending on the type of government they represent. The author looks at democracies, dictatorships, and mixed regimes and compares the willingness among leaders to back out of wars or risk the costs of continued warfare. Democracies, according to Goemans, will prefer to withdraw quickly from a war they are not winning in order to appease the populace. Autocracies will do likewise so as not to be overthrown by their internal enemies. Mixed regimes, which are made up of several competing groups and which exclude a substantial proportion of the people from access to power, will likely see little risk in continuing a losing war in the hope of turning the tide. Goemans explores the conditions and the reasoning behind this "gamble for resurrection" as well as other strategies, using rational choice theory, statistical analysis, and detailed case studies of Germany, Britain, France, and Russia during World War I. In so doing, he offers a new perspective of the Great War that integrates domestic politics, international politics, and battlefield developments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Armistices. |
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Peace.
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Peace. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices.
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Armistices. |
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Peace treaties.
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Peace treaties. |
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Capitulations, Military.
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Capitulations, Military. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte. |
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1914-1918 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goemans, H.E. (Hein Erich), 1957- War and punishment. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000 0691049432 (DLC) 00036693 (OCoLC)43757594 |
| ISBN |
1400814294 (electronic book) |
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9781400814299 (electronic book) |
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9781400823956 (electronic book) |
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1400823951 (electronic book) |
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0691049432 |
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9780691049434 |
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0691049440 |
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9780691049441 |
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