International political earthquakes [electronic resource] / Michael Brecher ; with valuable contributions by Philip B.K. Potter (Part A) and Anne-Marie Durocher (Part B).

Conflict and crisis: concepts and overview findings on earthquakes I
Protracted conflict-crisis model and findings on earthquakes II
Crisis escalation to war: concepts, model, and findings on earthquakes III
Crisis severity and impact: concepts and model
Crisis intensity and fallout: findings on earthquakes IV
Structure and stability: concepts and model
Findings on the polarity-stability nexus
Ethiopian (Abyssinian) War 1934-36, multipolarity, Africa
Berlin Blockade 1948-49, bipolarity, Europe
Bangladesh 1971, bipolycentrism, Asia
Gulf War I 1990-91, unipolycentrism, Middle East
Coping/crisis management: findings on earthquakes V
What have we learned?