{"product_id":"how-wars-end-9780691140605","title":"How Wars End","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2010 Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association Shortlisted for the 2010 Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 Honorable Mention for the 2010 International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Book Award, International Studies Association \"Many social scientists have studied how wars start, but fewer have looked into how wars end... The work belongs in most college and university libraries.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations and Tables xi  Acknowledgments xiii  CHAPTER ONE: Ending Wars 1  CHAPTER TWO: Bargaining, Information, and Ending Wars 8  CHAPTER THREE: Credible Commitments and War Termination 22  CHAPTER FOUR: Conducting Empirical Tests 51  CHAPTER FIVE: The Korean War 63  CHAPTER SIX: The Allies, 1940-42 92  CHAPTER SEVEN: The Logic of War 121   Finland and the USSR, 1939-44  CHAPTER EIGHT: The American Civil War 140  CHAPTER NINE: Germany, 1917-18 165  CHAPTER TEN: Japan, 1944-45 186  CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusions 211  Notes 231  Bibliography 267  Index 289","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403766735191,"sku":"9780691140605","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-wars-end-9780691140605","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}