Are U.S. military interventions contagious over time? intervention timing and its implication for force planning / Jennifer Kavanagh.
| Author/creator | Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Intervention timing and temporal dependence -- Testing for temporal dependence -- Results -- Implications for force planning -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Defining temporal dependence: a review of existing evidence -- What is temporal dependence? -- What does the literature say about intervention timing and temporal dependence? -- Interventions and timing -- Predictors of political instability -- Temporal dependence in financial markets -- Summary -- Testing for temporal interdependence -- Testing for temporal dependence -- Data and operationalization -- Interventions -- Political conflict -- Results -- What drives armed conflict? -- Testing for robustness: linear and ARIMA specifications -- Summary -- Is there temporal dependence between military deployments? -- Testing for robustness: linear and ARIMA specifications -- Summary -- Implications for force planning -- Will temporal dependence affect force requirements? -- Mechanisms of temporal dependence -- How can temporal dependence be integrated into the planning process? -- Assessing the relevance of temporal clustering -- Building temporal dependence into force planning -- Preventing clustered conflicts -- Conclusion and next steps. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981- Are U.S. military interventions contagious over time? Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013] 9780833079015 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013016682 |
| ISBN | 9780833079039 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780833079053 (prc) |
| ISBN | 9780833079046 ( ebook PDF) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |