Cycles of Violence The Evolution of the Israeli Decision Regime Governing the Use of Limited Military Force |
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Author:
| Kuperman, Ranan D. |
Series title: | Innovations in the Study of World Politics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-0959-5 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $125.95 |
Book Description:
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Cycles of Violence provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of how norms, rules, and procedures of decision-making cohere into a decision regime. Ranan D. Kuperman balances careful theoretical discussion with a case study, to track the evolution of a decision regime over time. Focusing on the regime governing Israeli use of limited military force and using quantitative historical analysis as well as qualitative historical surveys, Kuperman uses previously unpublished documents...
More DescriptionCycles of Violence provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of how norms, rules, and procedures of decision-making cohere into a decision regime. Ranan D. Kuperman balances careful theoretical discussion with a case study, to track the evolution of a decision regime over time. Focusing on the regime governing Israeli use of limited military force and using quantitative historical analysis as well as qualitative historical surveys, Kuperman uses previously unpublished documents from the 1950s and 1960s to generate a new interpretation of historical events.