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245 10 a| Fuses, chains, and backlashes :b| China, the United States, and the dynamics of conflict contagion and escalation /c| Steve Chan.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction to the dynamics of conflict contagion and escalation -- Local rivalries as possible fuses for larger conflicts -- Alliances as balls and chains on conflict contagion -- The backlash effects of self-defeating policies -- The dynamics of Sino-American tension.;

520 a| "Fuses, Chains, and Backlashes analyzes the reasons for some local, bilateral conflicts escalate and spread to become large, intense, and multilateral wars? This book investigates the processes that lead to huge albeit rare conflagrations such as World War I. It stresses equifinality, historical contingency and conjunctive reasoning to explain the dynamics of conflict escalation and contagion such as for this paradigmatic case. General patterns from past conflicts stemming from enduring rivalries are drawn to inform the danger of a war that can ensnare China and the United States over Taiwan. Thus, this book embeds the study of Sino-American relations in a historical and comparative context informed by the cumulative evidence from international relations scholarship (both quantitative pattern analyses and qualitative case studies) rather than treating this pair as sui generis"-- Provided by publisher.;

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Fuses, chains, and backlashes : China, the United States, and the dynamics of conflict contagion and escalation / Steve Chan.

Author/creator	Chan, Steve author
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Description	pages cm
Subjects	Escalation (Military science) United States--Foreign relations. --China. China--Foreign relations. --United States. Taiwan--Strategic aspects.

Contents	Introduction to the dynamics of conflict contagion and escalation -- Local rivalries as possible fuses for larger conflicts -- Alliances as balls and chains on conflict contagion -- The backlash effects of self-defeating policies -- The dynamics of Sino-American tension.
Abstract	"Fuses, Chains, and Backlashes analyzes the reasons for some local, bilateral conflicts escalate and spread to become large, intense, and multilateral wars? This book investigates the processes that lead to huge albeit rare conflagrations such as World War I. It stresses equifinality, historical contingency and conjunctive reasoning to explain the dynamics of conflict escalation and contagion such as for this paradigmatic case. General patterns from past conflicts stemming from enduring rivalries are drawn to inform the danger of a war that can ensnare China and the United States over Taiwan. Thus, this book embeds the study of Sino-American relations in a historical and comparative context informed by the cumulative evidence from international relations scholarship (both quantitative pattern analyses and qualitative case studies) rather than treating this pair as sui generis"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Chan, Steve Fuses, chains, and backlashes New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025 9780197812884
LCCN	2025000500
ISBN	9780197812877
ISBN	9780197812860 hardback
ISBN	0197812864
ISBN	0197812872
ISBN	epub

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