Introduction and overview -- A glance at recent conflicts and wars -- Estimating the price of conflicts and wars -- The seeds of conflict and war : the Persian Gulf -- The global costs of three wars in the Persian Gulf -- How conflicts and wars can be ended
Summary
What are the costs of wars and conflicts - and why do governments of nation states continue to incur them? Using detailed examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf, this book explains how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, examines many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare, and proposes a private sector solution to warfare's low cost
