Arms Race Instability and War

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Author: Theresa Clair Smith

Publisher/Publication: The Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volume/Issue: 24 (2)        

DOI/ISBN: 10.1177/002200278002400204

Abstract: Considering conflicts preceded by arms-races, Theresa Clair Smith argues that war may be anticipated at the end of an arms race on the basis of time-constrained mathematical stability characteristics of the involvement. Essentially a contribution in methodology. Part of the reaction to the work of Wallace.

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