{"product_id":"war-and-punishment-the-causes-of-war-termination-and-the-first-world-war","title":"War and Punishment: The Causes of War Termination and the First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat makes wars drag on and why do they end when they do? Here H. E. Goemans brings theoretical rigor and empirical depth to a long-standing question of securities studies. He explores how various government leaders assess the cost of war in terms of domestic politics and their own postwar fates. Goemans first develops the argument that two sides will wage war until both gain sufficient knowledge of the others strengths and weaknesses so as to agree on the probable outcome of continued war. Yet the incentives that motivate leaders to then terminate war  Goemans maintains  can vary greatly depending on the type of government they represent. The author looks at democracies  dictatorships  and mixed regimes and compares the willingness among leaders to back out of wars or risk the costs of continued warfare.  Democracies  according to Goemans  will prefer to withdraw quickly from a war they are not winning in order to appease the populace. Autocracies will do likewise so as not to be overthrown by their internal enemies. Mixed regimes  which are made up of several competing groups and which exclude a substantial proportion of the people from access to power  will likely see little risk in continuing a losing war in the hope of turning the tide. Goemans explores the conditions and the reasoning behind this \"gamble for resurrection\" as well as other strategies  using rational choice theory  statistical analysis  and detailed case studies of Germany  Britain  France  and Russia during World War I. In so doing  he offers a new perspective of the Great War that integrates domestic politics  international politics  and battlefield developments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964103979061,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691049440","price":45.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691049441.jpg?v=1770449073","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/war-and-punishment-the-causes-of-war-termination-and-the-first-world-war","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}