{"product_id":"the-war-trap-9780300030914","title":"The War Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bruce Bueno de Mesquita\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: International Relations - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This illuminating work is a masterful study that delves into the causes of war using a wholly new approach. Utilizing the assumptions of rational behavior, de Mesquita focuses on the perspective of decision making as an attempt to understand the phenomenon of war. . . . The book is \u003cb\u003ehighly stimulating\u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eprovocative, and certainly quite timely. . . a superb example of methodological exposition\u003c\/b\u003e. . . Likely to appeal to the serious scholar of social sciences in general and of international relations in particular.\"--Ghulam M. Haniff, \u003ci\u003eThe annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major work. It is certain to inspire theoretical elaboration and refinement, additional testing of its propositions, and fruitful application. Moreover, it is destined to be considered a classic contribution to the scientific understanding of interstate conflict and war.\"--Frank C. Zagare, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Rigorous and insightful analysis. . . . An important contribution to our theories of choice, relevant to all students of politics. The study is an exemplar in its development of systemic mini-theory accomplished by empirical tests of its propositions, completely worthy of emulation by those of us who profess to be political \u003ci\u003escientists\u003c\/i\u003e, young and old.\"--Harold Guetzkow\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force of theory, testing, and illustration.\"--Brice M. Russett\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615334449303,"sku":"9780300030914","price":2931.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300030914.webp?v=1775100057","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-war-trap-9780300030914","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}