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Absolute war
Adolf Hitler
Allies of World War II
Annexation
Anti-Americanism
Antimilitarism
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Axis powers
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Britain
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Tsushima
Belligerent
Brusilov Offensive
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Cold War
Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II
Conspiracy theory
Counterattack
Days of May
Decisive victory
Declaration of war
Demagogue
Demobilization
Democratic peace theory
Doolittle Raid
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Falklands War
French intervention in Mexico
French invasion of Russia
German Fatherland Party
German invasion of Belgium
Gulf War
Hideki Tojo
Hugh Dalton
Insurgency
International crisis
Isolationism
John Mearsheimer
Limited war
Long War (20th century)
Maginot Line
North Korea
Nuclear warfare
Oil embargo
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Downfall
Peace treaty
Peng Dehuai
Preventive war
Regime change
Rogue state
Slavery
Soviet Union
Soviet Union in World War II
Strategic bombing
Strategic goal (military)
Strategic victory
Superiority (short story)
Surrender of Japan
Two-front war
Unconditional surrender
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Vietnamization
War
War crime
War termination
Warfare
Werwolf
Winter War
World War I
World War II
Product details
- ISBN 9780691140605
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2009
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Why do some countries choose to end wars short of total victory while others fight on, sometimes in the face of appalling odds? How Wars End argues that two central factors shape war-termination decision making: information about the balance of power and the resolve of one's enemy, and fears that the other side's commitment to abide by a war-ending peace settlement may not be credible. Dan Reiter explains how information about combat outcomes and other factors may persuade a warring nation to demand more or less in peace negotiations, and why a country might refuse to negotiate limited terms and instead tenaciously pursue absolute victory if it fears that its enemy might renege on a peace deal. He fully lays out the theory and then tests it on more than twenty cases of war-termination behavior, including decisions during the American Civil War, the two world wars, and the Korean War.
Reiter helps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940. How Wars End concludes with a timely discussion of twentieth-century American foreign policy, framing the Bush Doctrine's emphasis on preventive war in the context of the theory.
Dan Reiter is professor and chair of political science at Emory University. He is the author of "Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars" and the coauthor of "Democracies at War" (Princeton).
