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A scientific explanation of the onset and expansion of war and the conditions of peace.
A new scientific explanation of the causes of war using the research findings of the last twenty-five years.
Each phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking has been inordinately difficult in its own right, and every critical juncture and decision point in the long process has been shaped by U.S. politics and the U.S. leaders of the moment. The Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination to articulate policy, develop strategy and tactics, and see through negotiations to agreements on an issue that has been of singular importance to U.S. interests for more than forty years. In 2006, the authors of The Peace Puzzle formed the Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking, a project supported by the United States Institute of Peace, to develop a set of "best practices" for American diplomacy. The Study Group conducted in-depth interviews with more than 120 policymakers, diplomats, academics, and civil society figures and developed performance assessments of the various U.S. administrations of the post–Cold War period. This book, an objective account of the role of the United States in attempting to achieve a lasting Arab–Israeli peace, is informed by the authors’ access to key individuals and official archives.
Mankind has been struggling since Thucydides to understand the origins of war. Within the last quarter-century, however, many of the pieces of the war puzzle have begun to fall into place. This book builds on the available evidence and offers an important original theory as to the cause of war and means for its control. In doing so, the book simultaneously offers a new theory of international relations, bridging the gap between classical realism and idealism in international relations. The author, a former United States Ambassador, directs the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia and was the founding Chairman of the United States Institute of Peace. "Solving the War Puzzle may be the most insightful and important examination of the causes of war since Clausewitz published On War in 1832. This slim volume, precisely written, superbly researched, and elegantly presented, carefully evaluates, integrates, and synthesizes the multiple elements the confluence of which results in armed conflict." -- James P. Terry, Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Ret. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and former Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff "[Solving the War Puzzle] offers a useful framework for stimulating further reflection on the causes of war. This slim volume is supplemented with extensive notes and an ample biography." -- CHOICE Magazine
In his highly influential book The Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, in The Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, he examines the behind-the-scenes story of the tumultuous relationship between Iran and the United States, and weighs options for the future. Here Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official, brings his keen analysis and insider perspective to the long and ongoing clash between the United States and Iran, beginning with the fall of the shah and the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. Pollack examines all the major events in U.S.-Iran relations–including the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal, American-Iranian military tensions in 1987 and 1988, the covert Iranian war against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf that culminated in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, and recent U.S.-Iran skirmishes over Afghanistan and Iraq. He explains the strategies and motives from American and Iranian perspectives and tells how each crisis colored the thinking of both countries’ leadership as they shaped and reshaped their policies over time. Pollack also describes efforts by moderates of various stripes to try to find some way past animosities to create a new dynamic in Iranian-American relations, only to find that when one side was ready for such a step, the other side fell short. With balanced tone and insight, Pollack explains how the United States and Iran reached this impasse; why this relationship is critical to regional, global, and U.S. interests; and what basic political choices are available as we deal with this important but deeply troubled country.
William Spaniel, author of Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook, returns with a compelling exploration of the origins of war. Using the same crystal clear logic of the Game Theory 101 series, he investigates important questions about war, including: Can two perfectly intelligent, perfectly unbiased leaders still send their countries to war with each other? Why has Iran taken its nuclear program underground (literally)? Why did the United States--the clear victors of the Spanish-American War--nevertheless write a check for more than $500 million to make Spain surrender? Why do most interstate wars end in peaceful compromise and not the military defeat of one side? Why do virtually all civil wars end the opposite way, and what makes the few peacefully settled civil wars different from the rest? How do nuclear weapons--humanity's deadliest creations--paradoxically keep the peace? Why is war the worst possible outcome of a crisis negotiation? What is the difference between preventive and preemptive war, and why on earth does the media use these terms interchangeably? Why are states as trustworthy as poker players at the bargaining table? Why do states willingly pick fights with stronger opponents and yet pacify weaker opponents? William Spaniel answers these questions by constructing game theoretical models of crisis bargaining. Fully illustrated, with more than 100 images, The Rationality of War will make you rethink everything you "know" about political violence. As consumers and producers of war, it is a must read for any citizen of a liberal democracy.
Tobi Forrester is a British-born Jamaican woman whose life is turned upside down when she joins a spiritual warfare class run by Nathaniel Afework, a Nigerian pastor who fled his home after converting to Christianity from the Obeah practiced by his father. An inquisitive Tobi delves into the origins of the New World Order and the Scriptures, and comes to realize that her father, Nahum Forrester, a high-ranking Freemason, and her brother, Hugh Forrester, are pieces of the jigsaw puzzle necessary to challenge the forces of evil. Now a Christian, her boldness takes her into the Oval Office of President Carl McKenna. She soon realizes there is a contract out on her life. To defend herself, Tobi uses her most effective weapon: the Word of God. Mitch D'Cambre, a final year student at Yale, stumbles on information linking his father Desmond D’Cambre, author of the State of the World report, to the puzzle. Mitch becomes obsessed with completing the puzzle. Interspersed with historical facts and spiritual intrigue, Tobi and Mitch attempt to put together the jigsaw puzzle that spans centuries. Born again Christians infiltrate all avenues of life. When called upon to pray and sabotage the forces of darkness, they do so most effectively, by controlling the media and exposing the truth. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free...
This analytical history of World War I offers a rigorous yet accessible training in game theory, and a survey of modern political science research.