Simple Choices and Complex Calculations
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Conflict Resolution
- Vol. 28 (2) , 316-340
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002784028002006
Abstract
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's The War Trap (1981) is an ambitious attempt at putting forward a rational choice theory of war initiation. The book is subjected to a critical reading and found wanting on three criteria: concepts, measures, and empirical analysis.Keywords
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