{"product_id":"how-rivalries-end-hardback-9780812244984","title":"How Rivalries End (Hardback) 9780812244984","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHow Rivalries End\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren Rasler (Author), William R. Thompson (Author), Sumit Ganguly (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812244984\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 4 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"With impeccable scholarship, \u003ci\u003eHow Rivalries End\u003c\/i\u003e utilizes a vast theoretical, empirical, and extraordinary case literature. This is a highly original study and a much needed one.\" (John Vasquez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war-the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example-but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival nations. Long-term discord is a global concern, since competing states may drag allies into their conflict or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. \u003ci\u003eHow Rivalries End\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of how such rivalries take root and flourish and particularly how some dissipate over time without recourse to war.\u003cbr\u003e Political scientists Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly examine ten political hot spots, stretching from Egypt and Israel to the two Koreas, where crises and military confrontations have occurred over the last seven decades. Through exacting analysis of thirty-two attempts to deescalate strategic rivalries, they reveal a pattern in successful conflict resolutions: shocks that overcome foreign policy inertia; changes in perceptions of the adversary's competitiveness or threat; positive responses to conciliatory signals; and continuing effort to avoid conflict after hostilities cease. \u003ci\u003eHow Rivalries End\u003c\/i\u003e significantly contributes to our understanding why protracted conflicts sometimes deescalate and even terminate without resort to war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. The Problem of Rivalry Deescalation and Termination\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Evolution of Expectations and Strategies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Egyptian-Israeli Rivalry, 1948-1970\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Egyptian-Israeli Rivalry, 1970-1979\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Israeli-Syrian Rivalry, 1948-2000, and the Israeli-Palestinian Rivalry, 1980s and Early 1990s\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Indo-Pakistani Rivalry, 1947-2010\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Other Eurasian Rivalries and Their Interdependence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Outcome: Assessing the Rivalry Deescalation Theory\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743045710104,"sku":"9780812244984","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/how-rivalries-end-hardback-9780812244984","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}