International political earthquakes /

Main Author: Brecher, Michael.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Conflict and crisis : concepts and overview findings on earthquakes I
  • 2. Protracted conflict-crisis model and findings on earthquakes II
  • 3. Crisis escalation to war : concepts, model, and findings on earthquakes III
  • 4. Crisis severity and impact : concepts and model
  • 5. Crisis intensity and fallout : findings on earthquakes IV
  • 6. Structure and stability : concepts and model
  • 7. Findings on the polarity-stability nexus
  • 8. Ethiopian (Abyssinian) War 1934-36, multipolarity, Africa
  • 9. Berlin Blockade 1948-49, bipolarity, Europe
  • 10. Bangladesh 1971, bipolycentrism, Asia
  • 11. Gulf War I 1990-91, unipolycentrism, Middle East
  • 12. Coping/crisis management : findings on earthquakes V
  • 13. What have we learned?