Gordon Zahn - Book review of The Gestalts of War by Sue Mansfield and of The War Trap by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita with a note attached from Gordon to Jack Becker of WORLDVIEW apologizing for his delay., 1982 April 16

Item — Box: CZHN 4

Identifier: CZHN 4/05320

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Dates

Creation: 1982 April 16

Language of Materials

English.

Additional Description

General

Document. Mansfield offers a general theory of war and foreign conflict initiation and escalation with a psychological focus. Mesquita's general theory is that wars are initiated on the basis of expected utility and he tries to prove this empirically with advances mathematics. Gordon was very critical of his book.