Bruce Bueno de Mesquita "The War Trap."
The purpose in this book is to present a general theory of war and foreign conflict initiation and escalation, including both the logic of the theory and a broadly based analytic test of the theory's most critical deductions.
This illuminating work is a masterful study that delves into the causes of war using a wholly new approach. Utilizing the assumptions of rational behavior, de Mesquita focuses on the perspective of decision making as an attempt to understand the phenomenon of war. The book is highly stimulating, provocative, and certainly quite timely.
A major work. It is certain to inspire theoretical elaboration and refinement, additional testing of its propositions, and fruitful application. Moreover, it is destined to be considered a classic contribution to the scientific understanding of interstate conflict and war.
Paperback. 1983.
New book. Remainder mark on bottom, and endpaper inside. Very minor shelf wear from rubbing.