Arms Buildups and the Use of Military Force, in Cameron G. Thies (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Foreign Policy Analysis – Arms Races Conflict Analysis and Database

Tags: ARMS RACE, BARGAINING THEORY, CONFLICT PROCESSES’S ANALYSIS, QUALITATIVE ARMS BUILDUP, QUANTITATIVE ARMS BUILDUP, RIVALRY, STEPS-TO-WAR MODEL

Literature Groups: CONFLICT PROCESSES ANALYSIS, QUANTITATIVE METHODS, REVIEW

Author: David F. Mitchell, Jeffrey Pickering

Publisher/Publication: Oxford University Press

DOI/ISBN: 9780190463045

Abstract: The authors in this essay provide a review on the empirical knowledge on arms races and conflict focusing on both the qualitative and quantitative literatures. They especially chart the intellectual history that culminated in the Steps to War explanatory framework.