Violent Peace

Violent Peace
Author: David R. Mares
Publsiher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2001-03-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780231505680

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When is military force an acceptable tool of foreign policy? Why do democracies use force against each other? David R. Mares argues that the key factors influencing political leaders in all types of polities are the costs to their constituencies of using force and whether the leader can survive their displeasure if the costs exceed what they are willing to pay. Violent Peace proposes a conceptual scheme for analyzing militarized conflict and supports this framework with evidence from the history of Latin America. His model has greater explanatory power when applied to this conflict-ridden region than a model emphasizing U.S. power, levels of democracy, or the balance of power. Mares takes conflict as a given in international relations but does not believe that large-scale violence must inevitably result, arguing that it is the management of conflict, and not necessarily its resolution, that should be the focus of students, scholars, and practitioners of international relations. Mares argues that deterrence represents the key to conflict management by directly affecting the costs of using force. Conflicts escalate to violence when leaders ignore the requisites for credible and ongoing deterrence. Successful deterrence, he suggests, lies in a strategy that combines diplomatic and military incentives, allowing competition among heterogenous states to be managed in a way that minimizes conflict and maximizes cooperation.

The Ecuador Peru Boundary Dispute

The Ecuador Peru Boundary Dispute
Author: Ronald Bruce St. John
Publsiher: IBRU
Total Pages: 73
Release: 1999
Genre: Boundary disputes
ISBN: 9781897643365

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Fiddler Crabs of the World

Fiddler Crabs of the World
Author: Jocelyn Crane
Publsiher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 766
Release: 2015-03-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781400867936

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Jocelyn Crane presents a survey of the members of the genus Uca, with special reference to their morphology, social behavior, and evolution. Her account is firmly based on numerous field studies along the world's warmer shores and on comparative work in laboratories and museums. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

A Brief History of Peru

A Brief History of Peru
Author: Christine Hunefeldt
Publsiher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781438108285

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Understanding the recent social unrest and political developments in Peru requires a thorough understanding of the country's past

Andean Air Mail Peruvian Times

Andean Air Mail   Peruvian Times
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 680
Release: 1972
Genre: Andes Region
ISBN: STANFORD:36105211360198

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Checklist of Catfishes Recent and Fossil Osteichthyes Siluriformes and Catalogue of Siluriform Primary Types

Checklist of Catfishes  Recent and Fossil  Osteichthyes  Siluriformes   and Catalogue of Siluriform Primary Types
Author: Carl J. Ferraris
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Catfishes
ISBN: 1869770587

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Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes

Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes
Author: Luiz R. Malabarba
Publsiher: Edipucrs
Total Pages: 624
Release: 1998
Genre: Fishes
ISBN: UCSD:31822029670478

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Neotropical ichthyology: an overview; Fossils and geological evidence; The stage for neotropical fish diversification: a history of tropical south american rivers; The temporal context for the diversification of neotropical fishes; Phylogeny of fossil characiformes and paleobiogeography of the Tremembe formation, Sao Paulo; Brazil; Maastrichtian to early late paleocene freshwater osteichthyes of Bolivia: additions and comments; Characiformes; Higher lever phylogenetic concepts within characiforms (Ostariophysi), a historical review; Relationships of the characidiinae and phylogeny of characiform fishes (Teleostei: ostariophysi); Phylogenetic study of the hemiodontidae (Ostariophysi: characiformes); Perspectives about the phylogeny and classification of the chacidae (Teleostei: Characiformes); Relationships of the tribes and genera of the glandulocaudinae (Ostariophysi: characiformes: characidae) with a description of a New Genus, Chrysobrycon; Monophyly of the Cheirodontinae, characters and major clades (Ostariophysi: characidae); Sperm ultrastructure in characid fishes (Teleostei: ostariophysi); The genus Creagrutus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae): monophyly, relationships, and undetected diversity; A phylogenetic analysis of Roestes Gunther and Gilbertolus Eigenmann, with a hypothesis on the relationships of the Cynodontidae and Acestrorhynchidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes); Siluriformes; Phylogenetic relationships of neotropical siluriformes: historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses; Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae); Systematics, biogeography, and the fossil record of the Callichthyidae: a review of the available data; Phylogenetic relationships of the Loricariidae (Siluriformes) based on mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences; Conflict and resolution: impact of new taxa on phylogenetic studies of the neotropical cascudinhos (Siluroidei: Loricariidae); Gymnotiformes; The Gymnotiform "Eels" of tropical America: a history of classification and phylogeny of the South American electric Knifefishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriphysi); Phylogenetic systematics of Gymnotiformes with diagnoses of 58 clades: a review of available data; The phylogenetic position of the South America Electric Fish genera Sternophygus and Archolaemus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes) according to 12s and 16s mitochondrial DNA sequences; Perciformes; A phylogeny and classfication of the South American Cichlidae (Teleostei: Perciformes); Molecular phylogeny of neotropical cichlids: the relationships of Cichlasomines and heroines; Mitochondrial phylogenetics, biogeography, and evolution of parental care and mating systems in Gymnogeophagus (Perciformes: Cichlidae); Atherinomorpha; Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography of the neotropical silverside family Atheronopsidae (Teleostei: Atheriniformes); Phylogeny and classification of the Cyprinodontiformes (Euteleostei: Atherinomorpha): a reappraisal; Phylogeny and classification of the Anablepidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes); Cytogenetic markers; Cytogenetic markers in neotropical freshwater fishes.

Flora Neotropica

Flora Neotropica
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1968
Genre: Botany
ISBN: UOM:39015028957523

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