N Z Alcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 1417656 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N Z Alcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | N Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Alcock |
| SIGNATURE | ALCOCK N Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canadian Peace Research Institute, Oakville, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Vietnam War as a Richardson Process
The general hypothesis of this empirical research is that an escalating limited war follows an action-and-reaction process which is less calculated and more irrational than an 'old- fashioned' declared war. The specific hypothesis is that the Vietnam war can be described by the Richardson arms race equations, with total casualties replacing total arms expenditures. Irregularities in the resulting curves were tested against qualitative events over…
The Vietnam War as a Richardson Process
The general hypothesis of this empirical research is that an escalating limited war follows an action-and-reaction process which is less calculated and more irrational than an 'old- fashioned' declared war. The specific hypothesis is that the Vietnam war can be described by the Richardson arms race equations, with total casualties replacing total arms expenditures. Irregularities in the resulting curves were tested against qualitative events over…
The Vietnam War as a Richardson Process
The general hypothesis of this empirical research is that an escalating limited war follows an action-and-reaction process which is less calculated and more irrational than an 'old- fashioned' declared war. The specific hypothesis is that the Vietnam war can be described by the Richardson arms race equations, with total casualties replacing total arms expenditures. Irregularities in the resulting curves were tested against qualitative events over…
Arms race (1 work) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Economic history (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · History (1 work) · Irrational number (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Mathematics (1 work)