Description
Book SynopsisThis book suggests a political economic model of intervention and explains intervention decisions in civil wars and interstate conflicts with the economic interests of interveners.
Trade Review"The results Aydin presents are a nice addition to the literature on violent conflict, especially as to why states intervene in the wars of others. Recommended." -- K. Buterbaugh *
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"Based on a study of more than 3,000 diplomatic, economic, and military interventions since the Second World War,
Foreign Powers and Intervention in Armed Conflicts demonstrates that economic motives for external interventions in conflicts around the globe are equally or more relevant than security concerns. The book spans different types of intervention in different types of war over a long period of time and bridges artificial divides between realists and liberals, civil and interstate conflicts, and quantitative and qualitative studies. Thus, it is an unusual contribution to an integrated scholarship of peace and war." -- Peter Wallensteen, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University * Sweden *
"In a decade that includes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the NATO action in Libya it behooves us to understand when interventions are likely, when they make sense, and when they might work. This book puts on firmer foundation answers to those questions and should inform policy and future scholarship alike." -- Patrick Regan, Professor of Political Science * Binghamton University (SUNY) *
