Fuses, chains, and backlashes : China, the United States, and the dynamics of conflict contagion and escalation /

'Fuses, Chains, and Backlashes' analyzes the factors and processes that have historically ignited wars among the great powers and applies the resulting insights to examine the potential for contemporary Sino-American competition to flare into conflict. Distinguished political scientist Ste...

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Chan, Steve
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
'Fuses, Chains, and Backlashes' analyzes the factors and processes that have historically ignited wars among the great powers and applies the resulting insights to examine the potential for contemporary Sino-American competition to flare into conflict. Distinguished political scientist Steve Chan emphasizes the importance of considering multiple enabling conditions for system-level conflict, including power shifts, armament races, alliance dynamics, and enduring rivalries. But these conditions in themselves do not always lead to war. Chan introduces the idea of a catalyst, or fuse, that ignites the combustible mixture produced by these variables' interactions. By analyzing possible causal pathways to interstate war and applying this historical, empirical context to the present-day relationship between the US and China, Chan hopes to help us learn from the past and avoid future catastrophe.
Umfang:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197812884
0-19-781289-9
0-19-781290-2
0-19-781288-0
Schlagworte:
War > Causes.
Escalation (Military science)
Warfare and Defence.
Warfare & defence.
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