Is This a Private Fight or Can Anybody Join? - The Spread of Interstate War - Hardback - 2009

Explores why some countries join interstate wars well after the war has begun, waiting months and often years before joining wars and thus changing their beliefs about the wisdom of entering a war. This book argues that unexpected or 'surprising' events in wars cause neutral players to update their expectations about the trajectory of the war.
Year of publication: 2009
Pagination: 232 pages, Includes 11 tables and 1 figure
Format: Hardback