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This dissertation examines the connection between costs of interstate war and postwar domestic politics of countries that waged them. Previous research focused primarily on explaining the chances of survival of war leaders by factors like outcome of war, culpability and regime t…

As you read this sentence, know that a riot is occurring somewhere in the world. Elsewhere, or perhaps in the same location, government forces are constructing a barricade and a politician is being abducted. These types of politically motivated conflictual events are always occu…

In most wars between countries, political settlements allow for a quick end to fighting, yet occasionally fighting endures for years, sometimes at extraordinarily high cost. What explains these long, costly wars? Why do war participants sometimes refuse to reach a political agre…