War and Reason

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Domestic and International Imperatives Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and David Lalman Using a combination of game theory, statistical analysis, and detailed case histories, two leading theorists of international relations here analyze the strategies designed to avoid international conflict. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and David Lalman evaluate the conditions that promote negotiation, the status quo, capitulation, acquiescence, and war. "An important book that merits special attention and close scrutiny from the international relations research community. ... An innovative and far-ranging work that redefines the 4 state of the art and extends our knowledge about interstate conflict and cooperation. It is the most significant application to date of game-theory to the question of war and peace. In a very real sense, it actualizes the considerable potential of this methodology, not only to highlight fundamental questions about international politics, but to probe deeply into their... Tovább

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Domestic and International Imperatives Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and David Lalman Using a combination of game theory, statistical analysis, and detailed case histories, two leading theorists of international relations here analyze the strategies designed to avoid international conflict. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and David Lalman evaluate the conditions that promote negotiation, the status quo, capitulation, acquiescence, and war. "An important book that merits special attention and close scrutiny from the international relations research community. ... An innovative and far-ranging work that redefines the 4 state of the art and extends our knowledge about interstate conflict and cooperation. It is the most significant application to date of game-theory to the question of war and peace. In a very real sense, it actualizes the considerable potential of this methodology, not only to highlight fundamental questions about international politics, but to probe deeply into their solution."-Frank C. Zagare, American Political Science Review "A must-read for anyone concerned with foreign policy decision making."-Bruce Russett, Yale University "This book represents a rare achievement: it sheds real light on a number of the most important questions in international relations, it combines formal, historical, and empirical data analysis in a fashion that is almost unique, and the quality of the narrative is superb."-George W. Downs, Princeton University "Certain to become a major work in its field. . .. Research into the causes of war will clearly be influenced by this book for years to come."-Choice Bruce Buerio de Mesquita, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of political science at the University of Rochester, is also the author of The War Trap; Forecasting Political Events: The Future of Hong Kong (with David Newman and Alvin Rabushka); and European Community Decision Making: Models, Applications, and Comparisons (edited with Frans N. Stokman). David Lalman is professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and a member of the Maryland Collective Choice Center. Vissza