Costly calculations : a theory of war, casualties, and politics /

Costly calculations : a theory of war, casualties, and politics /

Gartner and Segura consider the costs of war - both human and political - by examining the consequences of foreign combat, on domestic politics. The personal costs of war - the military war dead and injured - are the most salient measure of war costs generally and the primary instrument through whic...

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Main Authors: Gartner, Scott Sigmund, 1963- (Author), Segura, Gary M., 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Politics and war > United States.
Elections > United States > History.
War > Public opinion.
Mass media and war > United States.
Conflict management > United States.
War and society > United States.
War > Economic aspects > United States.
War casualties > United States.
United States > Foreign relations.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A price theory of war
  • Calculating war's price: What's it worth, and how much will it cost?
  • The price theory of war in action: Experimental demonstrations of the impacts of expected costs and valuable war aims
  • Conflict dynamics across space and time: Public opinion in the Korea and Vietnam Wars
  • Getting wartime information from over there to over here: News media and social networks209
  • Elite opinion formation and its electoral consequences
  • Conclusion: Wars, casualties, politics & policies.

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