Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiv, 335 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

1. Crises
2. Conflict management
3. World politics > 20th century > Case studies

Contents

1. Conflict and crisis: concepts and overview findings on earthquakes I -- Protracted conflict-crisis model and findings on earthquakes II -- Crisis escalation to war: concepts, model, and findings on earthquakes III -- Crisis severity and impact: concepts and model -- Crisis intensity and fallout: findings on earthquakes IV -- Structure and stability: concepts and model -- Findings on the polarity-stability nexus -- Ethiopian (Abyssinian) War 1934-36, multipolarity, Africa -- Berlin Blockade 1948-49, bipolarity, Europe -- Bangladesh 1971, bipolycentrism, Asia -- Gulf War I 1990-91, unipolycentrism, Middle East -- Coping/crisis management: findings on earthquakes V -- What have we learned?

Call number

1. JBF 08-777

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-320) and index.

Author

1. Brecher, Michael.

Title

1. International political earthquakes / Michael Brecher ; with valuable contributions by Philip B.K. Potter (Part A) and Anne-Marie Durocher (Part B).

Imprint

1. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-320) and index.

LCCN

1. 2008007856

ISBN

1. 9780472070015 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0472070010 (cloth : alk. paper)
3. 9780472050017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
4. 047205001X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JBF 08-777