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Coping with Surprise in Great Power Conflicts

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Coping with Surprise in Great Power Conflicts

By Mark F. Cancian

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About the book

Surprise has always been an element of warfare, but the return of great power competition-and the high-level threat that it poses-gives urgency to thinking about surprise now. Because the future is highly uncertain, and great powers have not fought each other for over 70 years, surprise is highly likely in a future great power conflict. This study, therefore, examines potential surprises in a great power conflict, particularly in a conflict's initial stages when the interaction of adversaries' t...Show more

International relations

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ISBN

9781442280717

Publisher

Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.

Published year

2018

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1

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Coping with Surprise in Great Power Conflicts

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Paperback

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