Subscribers of this list may be interested in the following study,
published in a journal not often reviewed by list subscribers:
C. Cioffi-Revilla, "Origins and age of deterrence: Comparative research on
Old World and New World systems," CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH: JOURNAL OF
COMPARATIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE, vol. 33, no. 3, August 1999, pp. 239-64.
This study examines the earliest archaeological and epigraphic evidence
for the practise of deterrence as a military policy. Covers four pristine
regions: West Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and Andean region.
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Dr. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla
Professor Department of Political Science
Director Long-Range Analysis of War (LORANOW) Project
Research Associate Colo. Ctr. for Chaos & Complexity (C4)
Campus Box 333 University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0333, USA
tel 303-492-7871 fax 303-492-0978 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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