POL208Y1 : Russet Bruce Reading Summary
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H dispute over possession of territory, or for strategic territory together roughly 60% of all waysandmajorarmedinterventions. Third image the requirements of state action are imposed by circumstances in which all. Bipolar relatively stable : evenly matched, neither has good chance of easy victory, deter, costly and risks of losiing but if does break out, terribly severe h> crisis management, and avoiddirectconfrontationandhavingproxywarsinstead. Frequentwarsamongmajorpowerstoleratedwithoutmajorchangesinsystemh>trials of strength, limited in duration and intensity to test balance of power among their membersandensurethatnosateshouldgrowdisproportionately. Pre ww1 europe, 1900h1914 eu increasingly polarized, exp adding brit to the entente of. H us and iraq only 4 outcomes, status quo, iraq grant access of un inspector (acquiescence), andgrantconditionalaccessforeasingofeconomicembargo(negotiate),orusemploysforce (war). Backward induction in gamehtheoretic model: powerful tool for predicting outcomes when info about other actors" preference is know h>successful prediction depens on getting each sidespreferencesrightandthat"sdifficult. Principal purpose is not actual destruction but dramatic and psychological effects on populationandgovernment.
