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Author Bobić, Marinko, author

Title Why minor powers risk wars with major powers : a comparative study of the post-cold war era / Marinko Bobić
Published Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages)
Contents List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; About the Author; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. In Search of a Theory of Minor Powers in Interstate Asymmetric Conflict; 3. Pathways to Conflict Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA); 4. Iraq: Military Confrontation with the United States and its Thirty-Three Allies; 5. Moldova: Military Confrontation with Russian Forces; 6. Serbia: Military Confrontation with NATO; 7. Conclusion: Dealing with Complexity, Defeat and Beliefs; Endnotes; References; Index
Summary Using case studies spanning the post-Cold War period in Iraq, Moldova and Serbia, this book breaks new ground in its study of asymmetric conflicts where warring sides exhibit vastly different power differentials
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Asymmetric warfare.
Cold War.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Asymmetric warfare
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781529205213
1529205212