Paradoxes Of War : On the Art of National Self-Entrapment (Paperback)

Preface. 1. On Paradoxes and Wars Part 1: Paradoxical Causes of War 2. The Para Bellum Paradox 3. The Threat of Stability and the Stability of Threats: The Paradox of Successful Deterrence 4. Wars That Nobody and Everybody Tried to Prevent: The Paradox of Crisis Escalation Part 2: Paradoxes of War Management 5. The Paradox of Attrition 6. The Paradox of Surprise 7. The Ally’s Paradox Part 3: Paradoxical Consequences of War 8. The Paradox of Power and War Outcomes 9. Pyrrhic Victories, or Nothing Fails Like Success 10. Loser’s Paradoxes: The View from the Pit 11. Paradoxical Lessons from Paradoxical Wars. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.