
The War Ledger
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- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Of Power
- Of Size and Growth
- Of Nuclear Weapons
- Plan of the Book
- One Causes, Beginnings and Predictions: The Power Transition
- Three Models
- Comparison of the Three Models
- Preparation for the Testing of a Model
- Empirical Tests of the Power-Distribution Models
- Conclusion
- Two Davids and Goliaths: Predicting the Outcomes of International Wars
- Power Indicators: Existing Measures
- The Missing Measure of Political Development
- Construction of a Measure of Political Development
- An Index of Governmental Extraction
- A New Measure of National Capabilities
- Tests, Hypotheses, and Findings
- Conclusion
- Three The Costs of Major Wars: The Phoenix Factor
- Theoretical Propositions
- Indexing National Capabilities or Power Resources
- Estimating Consequences of War
- Choice of Test Cases
- Actors
- Empirical Propositions
- Findings
- The Phoenix Factor
- Conclusion
- Four Nuclear Arms Races and Deterrence
- Deterrents and Deterrence
- Testing Deterrence: Outcomes of Crises
- Testing Mutual Deterrence: The Nuclear Arms Race
- Conclusion
- Five Conclusion
- A Note on Architecture
- Major Wars: Beginnings
- Predictions of War Outcomes
- The Phoenix Factor
- Deterrence and Arms Races
- Beyond the Data
- Appendix 1: Index of Political Development
- Appendix 2: Postwar American Aid
- Appendix 3: Analysis of Models
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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