Military Threats: A Systematic Historical Analysis of the Determinants of Success

by Peter Karsten, Peter Howell, Artis Frances Allen

The threat to use military force is a matter that commands immediate attention from many segments of government. Karsten, Howell, and Allen systematically analyze statistically significant numbers of actual cases to discover the determinants of success or failure of the threat to employ military force. After describing their methodology, they address several questions: what are the general characteristics of the typical threat? what types of threats...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313238251
• ISBN13: 9780313238253
• Release Date: February 1984
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"