{"product_id":"the-costs-of-conversation-obstacles-to-peace-talks-in-wartime-cornell-studies-in-security-affairs","title":"The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a war breaks out  what factors influence the warring parties decisions about whether to talk to their enemy  and when may their position on wartime diplomacy change? How do we get from only fighting to also talking? In The Costs of Conversation  Oriana Skylar Mastro argues that states are primarily concerned with the strategic costs of conversation  and these costs need to be low before combatants are willing to engage in direct talks with their enemy. Specifically  Mastro writes  leaders look to two factors when determining the probable strategic costs of demonstrating a willingness to talk: the likelihood the enemy will interpret openness to diplomacy as a sign of weakness  and how the enemy may change its strategy in response to such an interpretation. Only if a state thinks it has demonstrated adequate strength and resiliency to avoid the inference of weakness  and believes that its enemy has limited capacity to escalate or intensify the war  will it be open to talking with the enemy. Through four primary case studiesNorth Vietnamese diplomatic decisions during the Vietnam War  those of China in the Korean War and Sino-Indian War  and Indian diplomatic decision making in the latter conflictThe Costs of Conversation demonstrates that the costly conversations thesis best explains the timing and nature of countries approach to wartime talks  and therefore when peace talks begin. As a result  Mastros findings have significant theoretical and practical implications for war duration and termination  as well as for military strategy  diplomacy  and mediation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985154633781,"sku":"ByrdShop_150173220X","price":33.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781501732201.jpg?v=1770849601","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-costs-of-conversation-obstacles-to-peace-talks-in-wartime-cornell-studies-in-security-affairs","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}