International Conflicts, 1816-2010

Download or read book International Conflicts, 1816-2010 written by Douglas M. Gibler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 1169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A militarized interstate dispute (MID) refers to international conflict short of war. The MID dataset from the Correlates of War Project catalogs summary data on all threats, displays, and uses of force between two or more states. These dispute data are essential in quantitative analyses of international conflict and other issues, such as diplomatic efforts and security policy. The problem however is that they offer little information barring a brief summary of the conflict event. This work remedies it by providing original, detailed narrative descriptions of what occurred in each case. Organized by rivalry and within geographic regions, these case descriptions, written specifically for this work, will be an essential resource for those interested in the causes, histories, and consequences of international conflicts.